Prostate Cancer: Introduction
The American Cancer Society reports that 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer at some point during their lives and that 1 in 36 men will die from the disease (ACS, 2010). Prostate cancer is relatively common, with some 2230,000 American men diagnosed each year (ACS, 2010). It can lead to conditions such as impotence (inability to have an erection) and loss of bladder control, and in a minority of cases it can be lethal. Luckily, most prostate cancers are caught early enough to be treated effectively. Thus the long term survival rate is very high.