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Shaka Hislop: diagnosed with prostate cancer


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Hislop, who amassed 26 caps for Trinidad and Tobago between 1999-2006, urged men from Caribbean descent to get tested for prostate cancer.

 

“Doctors recommend that all men over the age of 50 get their PSA checked regularly,” he said. “If you’re of African descent, that age drops to 40. If you’re somewhere like the United Kingdom or somewhere else where PSA tests aren’t encouraged, you have got to insist.

 

“The highest rate of prostate cancer mortality is in Caribbean men, so if you allow me to speak to my community, my people. Please, go get tested, know your PSA, track – its history. Prostate cancer is survivable if caught early enough. There are treatments for it.

 

“Testing saves lives. It saved mine.”

From the Athletic.

 

Shaka is such a class act.

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