Here are some of the latest key statistics about prostate cancer:

• excluding skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men
• the American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006 there will be 234,460 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the American men
• 1 in every 6 males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime
• out of every 34 males who are diagnosed with prostate cancer only 1 will die
• there are currently 1.8 million survivors of prostate cancer alive in the United States today
• prostate cancer is the leading cause of death in American men
• prostate cancer account for 9% of all cancer related deaths

 

 

 

5, 10 and 15 Year Survival for Prostate Cancer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A recent review of death rates of men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer and with men who did not ever have prostate cancer revealed that the 5 and 10 year survival rates where the same with or without prostate cancer.

 

If prostate cancer is found while it is still located in the prostate or the immediate surrounding tissue, which is the case in 90% of all prostate cancers that are diagnosed then the 5 year survival rate is almost 100%. The key factor with this statistics compounds the importance for early screening and catching prostate cancer in its earliest stages before it has a chance to spread.