Julie Parker wanted to let men know the importance of early detection and treatment, and that shaped the way in which Banyan Communications produced the documentary. They became personally invested as they learned the full story. It became a passionate labor of love for them. The statistics on prostate cancer are startling. The disease is the most common type of cancer among American men, excluding the highly curable basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.
Experts project that 179,300 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 37,000 men will die of the disease this year. Advanced prostate cancer is not curable. There are no early warning signs. Many prostate cancer symptoms are similar to those caused by benign conditions. Incidence of prostate cancer does increase with age.