Approximately 244,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be identified in 1995, resulting in over 40,000 deaths from the disease.
Prostate cancer is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of death among men.
And the death rate for African-Americans is more than twice that of Caucasian men. Prostate cancer generally targets men over age 50, usually with no symptoms of its early stages. According to medical experts, early detection is the key to the successful treatment of prostate cancer. If the cancer is found early and localized, proton therapy can make a significant difference in the care and treatment of prostate cancer. A typical treatment program takes about seven weeks and is painless, bloodless and has little or no side effects common to other treatment modalities such as surgery, conventional radiation, hormone therapy and chemotherapy.