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Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the U.S. Only lung cancer causes more cancer deaths in American men. The lifetime probability of developing prostate cancer is about 16%. Each year, approximately 234,460 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and about 27,350 will die from the disease. According to the American Cancer Society, 5-year survival rates for all stages of prostate cancer have increased during the past 20 years from 67% to nearly 100%...

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Expert & Community Posts

New research links cancer and obesity

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...men with diabetes are at lower risk for developing prostate cancer than men who don't have... Read more »

Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction

By healthgal , Health Expert

...So it is a bit alarming that advanced stage (IV) prostate cancer is being diagnosed in younger... Read more »

Talking About the Scary Stuff: Discussing Cancer Death with Your Family and Loved Ones

By Phyllis Johnson , Health Expert

...when my now 91-year-old father was diagnosed with prostate cancer years ago. As a cancer... Read more »

Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?

By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert

...asked me if there were any symptoms associated with prostate cancer. Symptoms of prostate... Read more »

The Effect of Cholesterol on Your Prostate

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

Prostate cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer... Read more »

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Prostate Cancer: Staging and Grading

...Staging and GradingDoctors are continually searching for methods to determine how aggressive a given prostate cancer is in an individual patient so they can choose the best treatments. As an aid,... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Options if Treatments Fail

...Options if Treatments FailIndications of Persistent Cancer after Initial TreatmentRising PSA Levels. If prostate cancer has been eliminated, PSA levels should drop to 0.5 ng/mL or less after... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Resources

...Cancer Societywww.asco.org -- American Society of Clinical Oncologywww.prostatecancerfoundation.org -- Prostate Cancer Foundationwww.pcacoalition.org -- National Prostate Cancer... Read more »

Prostate Cancer Risk Factors

The major risk factors for prostate cancer include genetic, dietary, and environmental factors that effect male hormones (androgens) and make a man more susceptible to this... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments

...cancerous, are deprived of androgens, they no longer proliferate and eventually die.Hormonal treatment in prostate cancer uses drugs or surgery (orchiectomy) to suppress or block male hormones... Read more »

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