October 03, 2016
The American Cancer Society’s 2016 estimates for prostate cancer in the United States:
Deaths From Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men after lung cancer. About 1 man in 39 will die of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. More than 2.9 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer are still alive today.
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