Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a disease of the elderly male and is the 2nd most leading cause of cancer related deaths in men. Since the introduction of PSA test for screening purposes the incidence of prostatic cancer has, Do With Cancer
, seen a profound change. This is due to the early detection of prostate cancer cases which are asymptomatic.
Even though prostatic cancer is a major cause for cancer related mortality, the ratio of 8:1 in incidence to prostate cancer specific mortality shows that majority of men do not die of prostate cancer.
