HU Proton Cancer Institute To Host Prostate Cancer & Awareness Fair

HAMPTON

Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute will host its third annual Prostate Cancer and Men’s Health Awareness Fair on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon at 40 Enterprise Parkway.

The free, public event will feature screenings as well as “Game On for Men’s Health,” a fireside chat moderated by April Woodward of WTKR Channel 3 Coast Live, with retired NFL player Terry Kirby and his brother Wayne Kirby, a retired MLB player and prostate cancer survivor. Co-sponsored by the Hampton Roads Prostate Health Forum and Sentara Healthcare, it will also offer prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DRE).

“Black men are 70 percent more likely to die from prostate cancer compared to white men,”  Hampton University President Darrell K. Williams said in a recent statement on the school’s website, aiming to stress the Institute’s ongoing commitment to provide prostate treatment and lead research. “This event exemplifies our commitment to public health through research and community engagement.”