Prostate cancer is a common cancer affecting the lives of millions of men worldwide. Incidence of prostate cancer cases rose drastically in the early 1990's. This trend was probably due to advances in prostate screening and detection. However, incidence rates have fallen since 2006, there have been about 60,000 fewer cases diagnosed. On the other hand deaths due to prostate cancer have remained the same.
Prostate cancer is currently the most commonly diagnosed cancer for men other than skin cancer and ranks as the second leading cause of cancer death in men. In 2010, the American Cancer Society estimates 217,730 new cases will be diagnosed and 32,050 men will die of the disease in the United States.(1)
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