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Article: Survey Reveals That 7 Of 10 Men Are Not Aware Of Prostate Cancer.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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2001 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men are generally more aware of lung or breast cancer than they are of prostate cancer, a new international survey reveals.
The results of an NOP Healthcare survey conducted among 1400 people in 7 countries show that as little as 29% of men in some countries are aware of prostate cancer (average 39%), compared with 54% of men who know of lung cancer and 46% of breast cancer. In addition, women are on average twice as aware about breast cancer than men about prostate cancer (79% vs. 39%).
Between October 22 and November 9, 2001, NOP Healthcare conducted a survey on a sample of 1400 people chosen randomly in 7 ...