How often should you have a prostate examination?

Depend...: Nowadays, for average-risk men between 55 and 69, check it once every 2 years; for high-risk ones - family hx of prostate cancer, black men, agent orange exposure - check it yearly. Remember the frequency of checking prostate has evolve and change fast and drastically over the past 5-7 years resulting from closer professional and industrial scrutiny; surely, such trend will continue.

Depends on age &race: Currently annual PSA blood test & digital rectal exam is recommended for Caucasians age 50 & over but from age 40 in African Americans who are at risk for prostate cancer at an earlier age. Many feel it is not necessary to have PSA tested over age 75 years because late developing tumors are very slow growing with low malignancy. It is said that incidence of prastate cancer reaches 100% at age-100.