Movember is a month-long campaign where men grow a mustache to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer symptoms Canada

It might have just saved his life.

In 2007 Mr. Procter was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was 59 years old and was having a physical every two years as recommended. He had the digital rectum exam or DRE, which he says is a common test done for men over 50 years of age to help detect prostate cancer. But for some reason that year his doctor also suggested having the prostate specific antigen test, or PSA test done. It's a simple blood test that measures a substance produced by the prostate gland called prostate specific antigen. The test tells doctors when patients have a higher than normal level of PSA, which can mean that a patient has a prostate problem, but it does not always mean cancer.

At that point Mr. Procter says he had never heard of the PSA test. There was no history of prostate cancer in his family and he had no signs or symptoms that would tip him off that anything was wrong.

His levels came back a little higher than normal so his doctor repeated the test in six months. While the first test is paid for by the government, Mr. Procter says he had to spend $50 to pay for the second PSA test.