It is written for men with prostate cancer, and the families who love them. An estimated two million American men are alive today, and know they have prostate cancer. It is projected that 198,100 men will be diagnosed with the disease in 2001. The odds are one in seven. Seventy-nine percent of all prostate cancers are discovered in the local and regional stages.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths among men.
The figures are similar for women's breast cancer vs. lung cancer. An estimated 31,500 men will die in 2001 from prostate cancer. Not enough can be said for screening, early detection and strategic treatment.