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This month, theyre growing out their mustaches for a campaign called Movember, a movement that encourages men to get cancer screenings at an early age.

It was nearly 10 years ago when Lee Byrd heard the words that changed his life.

My story is not unlike a lot of other men in my age bracket. I was going on a semi-regular basis for check ups and everything was fine when I was 50 years old, but then I neglected to go until I was 56 and I was faced with the reality that I had prostate cancer, said Lee Byrd.

Prostate cancer is a reality that doctors say one out of every seven men nationwide are faced with.

I had the operation in 2006. Then I had radiation about 8 months later. Everything was fine for about 3 years and then it resurfaced as it often does, said Byrd.

Byrd is optimistic about his condition. His last two years of treatment at Duke Medicine have been going well.

If I could have caught this two years earlier I would have been better off, Byrd said.

Its that sentiment thats sweeping the nation this month in a movement called Movember. At Duke Medicine, several doctors are growing out their mustaches to change the face of mens health.

We know prostate cancer is a disease of aging and early detection can save lives and can pick up the disease before it leaves the prostate, said Dr. Andrew Armstrong, a Medical Oncologist at Duke Cancer Center.

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