Prostate cancer screening guidelines updated for average and high-risk adult men

Updated prostate cancer screening guidelines issued Nov. 12 by the American Cancer Society recommend prostate-specific antigen-based blood testing every two years for average-risk men aged 50-69. The guidelines also recommend annual PSA-based screening beginning at age 45 for Black men and men with a strong family history of prostate cancer. Among other updates, the guidelines recommend that non-Black men with a single first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer at 65 or older should be screened every two years from ages 45 to 69.