| Prostate cancer is one of the most common | | | | most common of all cancer deaths. |
| cancer killers in the UK and US for men, although | | | | The survival rate for prostate cancer in the UK |
| if it is caught early before it has spread outside of | | | | has been steadily increasing over the last twenty |
| the prostate gland then chances of successful | | | | years due to better screening and treatment |
| treatment are high. In the UK, after lung cancer | | | | methods. If the cancer is caught before spreading |
| prostate cancer is the most common cause of | | | | to the bone then there is a good chance of |
| cancer death, although It has only been recently | | | | successful treatment. However if it has spread to |
| that it has begun to get the amount of research | | | | the bone and become advanced prostate cancer |
| for a cure that it needs. | | | | then treatment can often only achieve a |
| In England in 2006, there were 8506 deaths | | | | prolonged life with reduced symptoms. |
| caused by prostate cancer If you were to | | | | Overall, in the UK the mortality rate reached a |
| express this as the number of deaths per 100000 | | | | peak in the 1990s, and then began to fall for the |
| people, then the prostate cancer mortality rate is | | | | first time in thirty years. Recently, the rates have |
| around 34.3 men. | | | | been stable although it is too early to say |
| The chances of a man getting prostate cancer | | | | whether prostate cancer mortality rates will |
| increase greatly with age, which can be seen | | | | continue this way. |
| from the statistic that for men over 85 it is the | | | | |