Our Miami urologist Dr Fernando Bianco will be performing the prostate cancer screening exams for the AUA and NFL Player Care Association. As the Chief of Robotic Surgery for Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach doctor Bianco knows the importance of early detection of prostate cancer. This includes starting a baseline blood test at the age of 40.

At 40 years of age you should get your prostate specific antigen (PSA) test done (a blood test) so that you have the amount of PSA that is in your blood to tract for the rest of your life. This very first PSA test is called your PSA baseline. As your life progresses, you will be able to compare the different PSA test results with your original baseline test. Watching the level of PSA in your blood is one of the determining factors that will help your urologist decide if you should have a prostate biopsy performed. Another aspect of your PSA levels that your doctor looks at is the rate that your PSA levels rise in each successive PSA test which is known as PSA velocity. Having a high PSA result can tip you off that there may be caner in your prostate. Prostate enlargement, prostatitis, aging, and even supplements can make your PSA numbers rise. That is why the American Urological Society AUA guidelines include many different factors that the urologists and their patients should look at before deciding to have a prostate biopsy. Some of the other indicators that are considered are a quick one minute digital rectal exam where the doctor uses his finger to feel the prostate to “see” if there are any nodules or unevenness to the prostate. Age is also taken into account along with family history, ethnicity, and medical history.

Mike Hayne’s “Know your Stats about Prostate Cancer ‘All-star team is full of the best stars in the history of the NFL, so in our next post, we will show you who they are. Of course this is Miami, and right now the best in the NFL are getting ready for the Pro Bowl kick off and the Miami urology team is off to watch the game.

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Dr Alan Nieder, Dr Fernando J Bianco, Dr Aaron E Katz, and Dr Mitchell C Benson are part of the Columbia University Division of Urology giving a free prostate exam and lectures that cover symptoms of prostate cancer such as blood in urine, painful urination, microhematuria, and high PSA. Prostate removal methods, robotic prostatectomy and prostate cryotherapy (freezing the prostate) will also be covered.

Miami urology prostate cancer screening exams and lecture dates, location and times are:

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Saturday, September 19
10am – 1pm
Church of the Open Door
6001 NW 8 Avenue
Miami, FL
No RSVP required.

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Wednesday, September 23
9:00 am – 12:00 p.m.
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
3rd floor
4306 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-535-3333

Prostate Cancer: Risks, Warning Signs and Treatments
“Ask the Experts” Free Lecture Series
Dr. Alan Nieder, urologist
Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Thursday, Sept 24
10 am to 12:00 pm
Aventura Community Recreation Center
3375 NE 188 St.
Aventura, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-674-2600
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited.

Miami-urology.com gives a more detailed description of prostate cancer surgery and treatment of prostate cancer or if you would like to make an appointment.