The patient is a 50-year-old African American male who has come in for his routine annual physical.Which of the following preventive screenings does the nurse recommend?

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Men need to have a digital rectal examination of the prostate every year beginning at 50 years of age.Ca125 blood tests are indicated for women at high risk for ovarian cancer.Because this patient is a man,Ca125 is not needed.Patients over the age of 65 need to have complete eye examinations yearly.Colonoscopy every 10 years is recommended in patients 50 years of age and older.

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