MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After watching his brother, Randy Bookshar, go through successful treatment and surgery for prostate cancer at the WVU Cancer Institute , Barry Bookshar, 75 of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, decided to get screened for prostate cancer. He had no symptoms but figured it would be beneficial to at least get his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) checked.

He was glad he did.

“My PSA started going up and then bouncing everywhere – high and low,” Barry explained. “Then it went high, and my doctor told me I had cancer.”

High levels of PSA in the blood indicate an enlarged or diseased prostate – a small, male reproductive gland that sits below the bladder – and could be a sign of cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men and can range from slow-gr

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