Prostate cancer facts
Today one man in 14 is diagnosed with prostate cancer,
almost 32,000 every year, and it has now overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men.
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.
10,000 men a year die from prostate cancer in the UK, which makes it the second most common cause of cancer mortality in men after lung cancer.
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.
