There are benefits and risks to being tested. Three key groups—the American Cancer Society, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Urological Association—have urged family physicians to discuss the value and risks of routine testing with all male patients, taking into consideration their unique medical history. However, it’s worth noting that the majority of studies of prostate cancer prevention, screening, treatment and outcomes dramatically underestimate the risk to African American men, who are 60 percent more likely to get prostate cancer.