Prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer in males.
Each year, more than 300,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease and 40,000 die of it. According to CAPT John Porter Sands, MC, a urologist at U.S. Naval Hospital San Diego, prostate cancer is more common than breast cancer. It is a particularly sly disease as it can be symptom-free until it gets to advance stages. Before the era of early detection, many patients did not come in for an evaluation until the cancer had spread to the bone. Now, thanks to early detection techniques, the majority of patients are diagnosed with localized prostate cancer, and they have a much better selection of treatment options and a much better prognosis.