Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer found in American men, second only to lung cancer. There will be approximately 256,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the United States in 2003. So as we enter Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America encourages men 50 and over to get a Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) at every annual check-up.
Although prostate cancer can strike all men, at any age, African Americans have a significant higher risk of the disease. They are six times more likely to develop prostate cancer, and seven times more likely to die from it. Men 40 or older with a family history of the disease are also at higher risk.
