Boomer guys are in the crosshairs of a prostate cancer explosion. The number of new cases and deaths of prostate cancer is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade as baby boomer men age into the target zone for prostate cancer. If there is no change in prevention or treatment strategies, by 2015, there will be approximately 3 million men battling prostate cancer. If there are no better treatments or a cure for prostate cancer, by 2015, 45,000 men will die from the disease each year.
A man is 35% more likely to develop prostate cancer than a woman is to develop breast cancer.
•Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America.
•One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
•In 2010, more than 218,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. That’s one new case every 2.4 minutes.
•In 2010, more than 32,000 American men will die from prostate cancer. That’s one death every 16.4 minutes.
•Approximately 2 million American men currently have prostate cancer.
•A non-smoking man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, bladder, melanoma, lymphoma and kidney cancer combined.
Risk Factors, Symptoms and Screening
•African American men are 56% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than Caucasian men and are nearly 2.5 times as likely to die from the disease.
•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.
•The chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer increases rapidly after age 50. More than 65% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65.
•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.
Survival Rates
• Prostate cancer can be eliminated from the body by surgery or radiation –if diagnosed at an early stage. However, every year, 70,000 men require additional treatment due to a recurrence of prostate cancer.
• Because approximately 90% of all prostate cancers are detected in the local and regional stages, the cure rate for prostate cancer is very high—nearly 100% of men diagnosed at this stage will be disease-free after five years.
Source: Prostate Cancer Foundation
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Saw your post on Facebook and bought the book the same day. Diagnosed in February 2011 at 57 YOA. I am also a runner and have done nine marathons including Chicago. Developed a stress fracture in my foot right after the diagnosis and then ended up in the hospital with a blood clot in my calf. Had no idea it could be related to the cancer until I started reading your book. I am seriously considering proton beam therapy as a treatment option. Surgery does not seen appealing even though that is what my GP recommends.
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