Gordon Clay here. This week is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Did you know that a man is 33% more likely to get prostate cancer than a woman is to get breast cancer? It's true.

Someone you know may be affected. Your husband, father, son, brother, grandfather, or friend.

A man dies every 17 minutes of every day from Prostate Cancer.

One in every six men will get prostate cancer. 35% will be under the age of 65.

There will be over 2.8 million cases of prostate disease reported in 2008. For over 219,000 men, it will be prostate cancer.

Over 27,000 will die because they didn't get an examination or didn't act soon enough.

Are you a male 40-75 or over 35 and African American or your father or brother had Prostate Cancer? Get tested! PSA and a DRE.

Four Important Things to Remember before Getting Tested

1. Be sure that you're rested.
2. No sexual activity for 72 hours before the test.
3. Got a cold? Put it on hold.
4. Either have your PSA test before the DRE or delay taking a PSA test for 48 hours AFTER you have had your DRE test.

If you get a reading between zero and 1, get tested again in five years. If it's between 1 and 2, get tested again in two years. If the reading is between 2-4, get tested every year.

Don't let it be said at your eulogy, "He was too afraid or embarrassed to get tested."

Check out www.pcaw.org for more information That's www.pcaw.org