American Cancer Society

This is how Prostate Cancer is seen and treated in the USA where their survival rates are three times greater than the U.K.

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3 times greater!

• Prostate cancer affects 1 in 9 men and is most common in African Americans, men over 50, and men with a family history. It causes 31,500 deaths a year.
• In its early stages, prostate cancer has no symptoms.
• Annual testing is the best way to find prostate cancer early, which may help save your life.
• Testing involves both a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test and a rectal exam. If either test is abnormal, a biopsy is usually recommended to make an accurate diagnosis.
• Testing isn't perfect. Many men with an abnormal test result may worry even though they will turn out not to have cancer. While testing and biopsy find most cancers, they do miss some cancers.
• Unlike many cancers, doctors are not sure that all men with prostate cancer need to be treated. Testing cannot always tell whether or not a cancer needs to be treated.
• There are many treatment options for early prostate cancer. Treatment cures some men. It can also cause urinary and sexual problems for some men.
• Men over 75 might not benefit as much from testing since prostate cancer often grows slowly in this age group.