PC Facts
Every year, every three minutes, an American man finds out he has prostate cancer. One in six men has a lifetime risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent survivable if detected early, but there are often no warning signs or symptoms. The only way to detect the disease in its early stages is through a simple blood test (PSA) and a digital rectal exam (DRE).
After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the United States. In fact, prostate cancer accounts for more than 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in American men. The American Cancer Society estimated that 218,890 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007, and an estimated 27,050 men will die of prostate cancer that year. Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in American men.
Talk to your family doctor or visit www.pcaw.com for free screening in the Puget Sound area. Click here to read more about prostate cancer prevention, treatments, facts and figures and survivorship.