| By understanding prostate cancer statistics, | | | | survival in early detection and treatment of |
| doctors and patients can better understand their | | | | cancer. Around 80% of patients were detected |
| chances of beating the disease and hence help | | | | when their cancer was in the organ confined |
| them to stay motivated. Prostate cancer spreads | | | | stage and had not spread anywhere else. Around |
| quite slowly and offers a fighting chance for | | | | 12% were detected when the cancer had moved |
| patients to become free of cancer cells, but only | | | | on to the locally confined stage to infect local |
| if the cancer is detected and destroyed at the | | | | areas around the prostate while around 4% were |
| right time. | | | | detected when the cancer had reached the |
| In the US alone, approximately 27,000 men could | | | | metastatic stage, where the cancer had spread |
| die of this disease out of the 192,000 men | | | | to other organs in the body. Although the survival |
| detected with the disease in the year 2009. This | | | | rates were almost 100% in the initial 2 stages, it |
| means that around 15% of all men diagnosed with | | | | dropped to around 30% in case the cancer had |
| this particular type of cancer could succumb to | | | | reached the metastatic stage. White men in the |
| the disease. However, considering that around | | | | US also had around 99% chances of survival as |
| 85% will still survive the "C" word is proof of the | | | | compared to around 96% by black men. |
| progress made by modern science in beating back | | | | Risks of contracting Cancer |
| cancer. Other statistics state that around 1 in | | | | Cancer statistics also show that around 15% of |
| every 6 men in the US could be afflicted with | | | | men in 2009 could be afflicted and detected with |
| prostate cancer and the risks of getting the | | | | this type of disease. This translates to around 1 in |
| disease increase dramatically with increasing age. | | | | every 6 men contracting the disease. Out of |
| Individuals from among various races that died | | | | these, around 8% of the men are expected to |
| between the years 2002 to 2006 in the US, it | | | | be between the ages of 50 and 70. This indicates |
| was noted that blacks had the most risk of | | | | the risk faced by US citizens of contracting this |
| getting and dying from prostate cancer. Out of | | | | disease of the prostate during their lifetime. |
| 100,000 men, around 53 men died of the disease | | | | This type of cancer usually does not display any |
| as compared to around 23 white men for the | | | | symptoms but luckily also spreads slowly as |
| same number. Asians had the lowest death rates | | | | compared to other forms of cancer. This type of |
| in the US, with around 10 men among 100,000 | | | | cancer statistics show that although around 15% |
| dying of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer | | | | of men could get detected with the disease, |
| statistics also show that around 19 Hispanic men | | | | chances of survival are excellent provided the |
| out of 100,000 died during the same period. | | | | disease is detected and treated in the early |
| In simple terms, patients had a higher chance of | | | | stages itself. |