It is the most common cancer among men who are 55 years old and older.
Some men are more likely to get it and die from it than others.
These include African-American men and men who have a family member with prostate cancer. More than 8,000 Michigan men found out they had prostate cancer in 1993. More than 1,300 Michigan men dies of prostate cancer that year. No one knows what causes prostate cancer, or how to prevent it. The PSA blood test may be able to help find prostate cancer when it is very small.