Prostate Cancer Facts
Prostate cancer has overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men.
Each year in the UK, around 36,000* men are diagnosed with prostate cancer.
This increasing incidence is largely due to a higher number of cases being diagnosed (through the greater use of PSA tests) and the influence of an ageing population.
About 10,000 men die from prostate cancer every year in the UK. This works out as more than one man every hour.
The majority of men with prostate cancer are aged over 60 years. Although this cancer can also occur in younger individuals, it is very rare under the age of 50.
*average of the last three years.
Cancer Research UK,http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/prostate/index.htm, July,2010.
