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Article: For men, the risk of prostate cancer is a fact of life.(Springfield Extra)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2007
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Byline: Dr. David DiMarco For The Register-Guard
Prostate cancer is second only to lung as the leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States. Each year, roughly 219,000 American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and 27,000 will die from the disease.
The risk of developing prostate cancer increases with age beginning at 40 years. For men, the probability of developing prostate cancer is 1 out of 1,000 for ages 40 to 50, 2 out of 100 for ages 50 to 60, and 7 out of 100 for ages 60 to 70.
The occurrence and death rate from prostate cancer varies among different racial and ethnic groups. African-American men have a 60 ...