Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among American men.
Most cases of prostate cancer occur in men older than 50 years of age. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 180,400 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year. Approximately 31,900 men will die from prostate cancer this year. For reasons that are currently unknown, death due to prostate cancer is 2 to 3 times more likely to occur among African-Americans than Whites. It has been shown that prostate cancer may cluster in some families.