SAN DIEGO – Scripps Health will collaborate with Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure (ERFFTC) to provide free prostate cancer screenings to fans at the San Diego Padres game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park Sept. 3.
The screenings will be open to all male ticket holders at the game who are 50 or older (or 40 and older with a family history of prostate cancer). Screenings will be administered from first pitch (7:10 p.m.) until the seventh inning at the Scripps Mobile Medical Unit, which will be located in the Park at the Park, beyond the right-field fence.
A team of Scripps phlebotomists will administer prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests, while Scripps physicians will administer digital rectal exams from the privacy of the Mobile Medical Unit. Participants will receive test results via confidential mail. Educational materials about prostate cancer will also be available.
“PSA screenings save lives,” said Carl Rossi, M.D., a radiation oncologist and medical director of the Scripps Proton Therapy Center. “The cure rate for prostate cancer has increased significantly since widespread use of PSA testing began in the early 1990s. When diagnosed early, at the local or regional stages, national survival rates are nearly 100 percent.”
Ed Randall is a nationally renowned baseball author, broadcaster and historian who currently hosts programs on the MLB Radio Network and WFAN Radio in New York. He earned critical acclaim for his TV series Ed Randall’s Talking Baseball and books More Tales from the Yankee Dugout and Baseball for the Utterly Confused. After his own successful prostate cancer treatment at age 47, Randall founded his charitable organization, which has held educational and screening events in partnership with several teams in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League.
Scripps Health is a nationally recognized leader in cancer care, providing comprehensive care at its five hospital campuses and various Scripps Clinic locations and specialized therapy centers. Scripps treats more prostate cancer patients annually than any other provider in San Diego County. It offers advanced treatment technologies at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, the Scripps Radiation Therapy Center and the San Diego Gamma Knife Center, and through its minimally invasive surgical program and CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery. Additional resources include specialized breast care centers and infusion clinics, nurse navigators, rehabilitation services, support groups and the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine.
