| Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America. |
| In 2006, 234,460 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and another 27,350 men will die from it. |
| One new case occurs every 2.5 minutes and a man dies from prostate cancer every 17 minutes. |
| About 1 in 10 prostate cancer deaths occur in men under age 65, 2 in 10 men age 65-74, and 7 in 10 in men age 75 and older. |
| After lung and colon cancer, prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the U.S. |
| A non-smoking man is more likely to get prostate cancer than lung, bronchus, colon, rectal, bladder, lymphoma, melanoma, oral and kidney cancers combined. |
| African-American men are 65% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than Caucasian-Americans and are more than twice as likely to die from it. The reasons for this disparity are not yet known. |
| It is estimated that there are over 2 million American men currently living with prostate cancer. |
| Early prostate cancer usually has no symptoms and is most commonly detected through prostate cancer screening tests such as the PSA blood test and digital rectal exam. |
| Prostate cancer can be eliminated from the body by surgery, radiation or cryotherapy– if diagnosed at an early stage. |
| However, every year, 70,000 men require additional treatment due to a recurrence of prostate cancer. |
| Because prostate cancer is a relatively slow-growing cancer, the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer diagnosed at all stages is 98%. The relative 10-year survival rate is 84% and the 15-year survival rate is 56%. |
| The chance of having prostate cancer increases rapidly after age 50. More than 70% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65. It is still unclear why this increase with age occurs for prostate cancer. |
| The only well-established risk factors for prostate cancer are age, ethnicity and family history of the disease; however, high dietary fat intake may also be a significant risk factor. A recent study shows that the risk of dying from prostate cancer increases with body weight. |
