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This year alone, almost 200,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 30,000 will die from it. Yet prostate cancer is nearly one hundred percent survivable if detected early. But there are often no early warning signs or symptoms. The only way to detect the disease in its early stages is through a simple blood test (PSA) and a digital rectal exam (DRE). Men are often reluctant to be screened for the disease. But, early detection saves lives.

Join the national effort to eliminate the threat of prostate cancer to American men. Run or walk in the PACE Race 5K in Washington, DC on Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 9:00 am, promoting prostate awareness and cancer education.

Like all diseases, a healthy diet and regular exercise also help prevent prostate cancer, so join us in our Race for Prostate Awareness and Cancer Education.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, a program of the Prostate Cancer Education Council, coordinates free and low-cost screenings across the nation at hospitals, clinics, private physicians, and health care centers from September 14 to 20. We strongly encourage all men over the age of 45 to be screened as well as men at high risk (African-Americans and men with a family history of prostate cancer). High risk men should be screened beginning when they are 40.

For additional information about the event, visit the race Web site at www.runwashington.com/other/PACEraceinfo.html.

Please visit www.PCAW.com for more information on prevention, treatments, and other valuable information regarding prostate cancer.

Register online with Active.com, or call (866) 4PROST8 (477-6788).

Print an entry form for convenient registration by mail or fax.

Be a man. Get checked.