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Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American men.
Each day about 500 men are diagnosed with this disease. And at about 40,000 annual deaths, it is the second deadliest disease in the United States, behind lung cancer. Prostate cancer is in some ways the male version of breast cancer. It's not easily preventable, and early detection may be the key to survival. But controversy has arisen over the value of early detection.