Free prostate cancer tests at Southcentre Mall Saturday [Video]

Maybe the best Father’s Day present of them all is a clean bill of health.

Saturday at Southcentre Mall, the organizers behind  The Man Van, a mobile clinic, hope that a bunch of Calgary men between 40 and 80 will spend less than 15 minutes on their prostate health while visiting the mall.

A prostate cancer diagnosis will be a reality for one in six men in Alberta in their lifetime, based on Prostate Cancer Centre data. The good news is that prostate cancer can be curable, especially when identified and treated early, so it’s really worth paying a visit to The Man Van.

Better yet, no appointment is necessary; just show up between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., when medical professionals are offering non-invasive, prostate-specific antigen blood testing.

It is free to get the test and the centre will send patient’s results directly to them within one week.

“We understand the barriers that men face with addressing health …