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Understanding Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer : Overview

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men.

  • According to the American Cancer Society, about 235,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006.
  • More than 27,000 men are expected to die of the disease in 2006.
  • One in six men will get prostate cancer in his lifetime. However, only one in 34 men will die of the disease.