A new study suggests doctors are not involving their patients significantly when it comes to deciding whether or not to undergo prostate cancer screening.

According to Reuters, researchers involved with the study say that doctors agree men need to be aware of the benefits and risks of having the test. However, only 69.9 percent of men undergoing screening said their doctors discussed it with them beforehand.

Of those, 71 percent discussed benefits of screening while just 32 percent were told about the risks – like side effects of treatments for a non-aggressive form of the disease, such as impotence or incontinence.

Doctors routinely recommend men over 50 get a yearly blood test to detect levels of the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.

There is no known prevention for the disease, but the Mayo Clinic suggests a low-fat diet may help reduce your risk of getting prostate cancer or slow the progression of the disease.

Nutritional supplements that are routinely recommended to aid in prostate health include vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and lycopene.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide after lung cancer, killing 254,000 men a year. It is most common in men over the age of 65.