Prostate Cancer Facts
The prostate gland, which is about the size of a walnut, is actually a collection of glands encased as one organ, and an essential part of a man’s reproductive system. Cells, within the glands in the prostate that produce most of the semen, can sometimes lose their normal controls. They become cancerous, growing out of control. Unlike other cancers, prostate cancer usually grows very slowly, most often staying within the encasement of the prostrate organ for years without serious harm. When the growth continues undetected, the prostrate cancer’s malignant cells eventually move beyond the prostrate and its surrounding tissues and into the fat surrounding the prostate. It can also move into the adjacent bladder or seminal vesicles.
Prostate cancer is the second leading and most common cancer in men. About 37,000 men die of prostate cancer each year. Today, an American male has a 17% likelihood of developing prostate cancer and a close to 3% risk of dying from it in his lifetime. Since the disease becomes more common as a man ages, he has a 1 in 6 chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer by the time he is 65.
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