Did you know?

• African Americans are at higher than average risk to be diagnosed with prostate cancer
• The 5-year survival for prostate cancer improved from 69% in the mid-70s, to 76% in the mid-80s, and 99% in recent years
• When diagnosed with localized prostate cancer, 5-year survival is 100%
• Having a first degree relative with prostate cancer doubles one’s risk of a positive diagnosis
• Family history of prostate cancer is an important risk factor
• Age is the most important risk factor
• 25% of all cancer in men is prostate cancer
• If a man lives long enough he is nearly certain to be diagnosed with prostate cancer
• Annual death toll from prostate cancer peaked at over 40,000 in the US and has dropped to below 30,000 per year
• In 2005, it was estimated that there were 2,106,500 living prostate cancer survivors in the US, second behind breast cancer
• In 2009 it is estimated that prostate cancer caused 74 deaths and 526 diagnosis a day or 3 deaths and 22 diagnosis an hour
• In 2009 it is estimated that 192,280 American men were diagnosed and 27,360 died from prostate cancer
• Prostate cancer mortality has been decreasing since the early 1990s, likely due to better treatment
• Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer killer of men in North America
• 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer
• Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer to affect men after lung cancer