Roswell-area men can get a free prostate cancer screening at the Country Club of Roswell on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University will park its mobile screening bus at the club on Club Springs Drive from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The bus offers walk-in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests open to the public, Appen Media reported.

Results are typically available on-site within one hour, according to Winship's screening page. Otherwise, results are shared through Emory Healthcare's MyChart portal or by phone within three to five days.

The screening coincides with Drive for the Cure's 28th annual golf tournament. The nonprofit has raised nearly $1.5 million for prostate cancer research since 1999, with proceeds going to Winship. Last year's tournament brought in $74,000, which Emory matched. Organizers said they hope to exceed that total at the Sept. 29 event.

Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, has become a vocal advocate for early testing. He said his cancer was caught early enough that he needed no chemotherapy or radiation.

"It was eye-opening to see … the range of treatment options that are available for prostate cancer," Ellis told Appen Media. "It's so eminently treatable when caught early."

In August, Ellis hosted a men's health tailgate at Fulton County's Health and Human Services Center in Alpharetta, where the Winship bus screened 110 men. That was the program's second-highest turnout. Ellis also led the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in proclaiming Wednesday, Sept. 16 as Winship Cancer Institute Appreciation Day.

The mobile screening program launched in partnership with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and Mount Sinai Health System. Arthur M. Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons, is a prostate cancer survivor.

In its first year, the bus screened more than 2,500 men and found 40 prostate cancer cases. Another 377 men showed elevated PSA levels requiring follow-up testing.

Gil Weiner, a Drive for the Cure organizer, said about 20% of men screened at the bus last year had issues discovered. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends men at average risk discuss screening with their doctors starting at age 50. Men at higher risk, including Black men and those with a family history, should start at 45, or at 40 if multiple close relatives have been diagnosed.

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. A calendar of future Winship bus stops is available on Winship Cancer Institute's website.