Important Prostate Cancer Statistics

One man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his life, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). But only 1 man in 34 will die of the disease. The ACS estimates that during 2006, nearly a quarter million new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States.

Although prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in American men, the 5-year survival rate for men whose cancer is found in early stages, is nearly 100 percent. This compares to a survival of only one-third of those men whose prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body. As with other cancers, early detection and continuous improvements in treatments are helping many men diagnosed with prostate cancer survive longer and live better.