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PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING:
EARLY DIAGNOSIS DELIVERS
BEST OUTCOMES
By Sekisui Diagnostics
Prostate cancer represents about 27% of all cancers
in men, and is the second deadliest form of cancer. Last
year, an estimated 26,000 men died of prostate cancer.
The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate
cancer in the United States for 2017 include:
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about 161,360 new cases of prostate cancer.
about 26,730 deaths from prostate cancer.
about 1 man in 7 will be diagnosed with prostate
cancer during his lifetime.
Prostate cancer develops mainly in older men.
About 6 cases in 10 are diagnosed in men aged
65 or older, and it is rare before age 40. The
average age at the time of diagnosis is 66.
(Read more at the American Cancer Society).
African-Americans at Higher Risk
According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation: “African-
American men are the group – out of all men in the
world – hardest hit by prostate cancer…[and] are 1.6
times more likely to get prostate cancer, and more than
twice as likely to die from it.”
An article at Wiley’s Newsroom pointed out:
“a new study indicating that higher prostate
cancer death rates among black men in the U.S.
may be due to a higher risk of developing
preclinical prostate cancer, and a higher
risk of that cancer progressing more quickly to
advanced stages. The investigators estimated
that 30 percent to 43 percent of black men
develop preclinical prostate cancer—prostate
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