Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in men in the United States after skin cancer: one in nine men will be diagnosed with the disease during his lifetime, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. To encourage men to be more aware of their risk for the disease, September is designated as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

“Prostate cancer almost always has no symptoms until it is in advanced stages, at which point it is more difficult to treat,” Eric Kauffman, MD, assistant professor of oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, told Healio Internal Medicine. “This is why routine screening for prostate cancer with a doctor is so important, so it can be detected and treated at an early curable stage.”