One in every six men gets prostate cancer at some point in his lifetime.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of male cancer deaths in the United States.
In 2004, 230,110 new cases of prostate cancer were expected to be diagnosed in American men. And 29,000 men were expected to die of the disease (estimates, Centers for Disease Control, 2004/5).
Find out if you might be at higher risk. Even if you have no special risk factors, aim for prevention through diet, exercise and lifestyle choices
- Special risks - race, environment, diet, toxin exposure (e.g. Agent Orange) and family history of prostate or breast cancer are risk factors for early onset and/or aggressive prostate cancer.
- Age as the commonest risk. Simple steps toward healthy aging may help reduce this risk along with risk of diabetes and heart disease.
- Evidence suggests men can lower risk of prostate cancer through diet, exercise and outdoor activity.
- Although men under 40 have a very low risk of prostate cancer (0.01%, or 1 in 9,876), men with one or more high risk factors may wish to talk to their doctors and ask for a baseline PSA test as early as age 35 and no later than 40.
An excellent resource: http://psa-rising.com/med/info/prevention.htm
