Prostate Cancer Support Thunder Bay is giving you a reason to get checked in September.

As part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, the organization says they will reimburse the cost of getting the test.

“It’s a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test that doesn’t detect prostate cancer but it gives an idea if more testing is needed,” explains past president Ed Long, who himself was diagnosed in the early 2000’s.

Anyone in their 40’s or with a family history of prostate issues can get the test rather than waiting to turn 50.

Prostate Cancer Canada adds one out of every seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and eleven people die from the disease every day. It’s the most common cancer for those with a prostate, and the second-highest killer after lung cancer.

Officials with Prostate Cancer Canada suggest anyone at risk for prostate cancer get the baseline Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test in their 40’s, rather than waiting until the age of 50.

To submit your receipt, just click here.