About 300,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer versus about 185,000 women for breast cancer. 50,000 die each year from prostate cancer.
Blacks are two to three times more likely to get prostate cancer and die than whites.
Of cancers overall, only lung cancer kills more men. Many men die needlessly from this cancer since they refuse to get a test. Some doctors won't do it because they say there is no proof it prevents early deaths. But if you are a man over 50, and in view of this recent study, you may want to force your doctor to do one. Remember, being dead sucks.