Male Cancer Facts…

Male specific cancers don’t just happen to old men…


Testicular Cancer Facts:
 •It most often affects men between ages 20 and 39.
 •It affects 8,000 men a year, and kills 390 of them.
 •It is the most common form of cancer in men ages 15-34.
 •95% of cases can be cured if detected early.

Prostate Cancer Facts:
 •About 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in 2012.
 •About 33,720 men will die of prostate cancer in 2012.
 •About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
 •More than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.
 •Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer.
 •About 1 man in 36 will die of prostate cancer.

Bill tells his story of surviving Prostate cancer HERE. Thankfully he’s fully recovered…

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Male Cancer Facts… — 6 Comments

  1. Ah, the wisdom of age and testicular cancer. At twenty, I would have bewailed my fate. At forty, I’d refuse to leave the examination room until the offending organ was removed on the spot.