The Top Ten Prostate Cancer Myths

• Myth #1 – Prostate cancer¹ is common, but few men actually die from it. In fact, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States and claims almost 30,000 lives in the United States each year.
• Myth #2 – Prostate cancer is only found in elderly men. While it is true that prostate cancer is more common with increasing age², it can be found in men of all ages. Prostate cancer is increasingly being diagnosed in men in their forties and fifties.
• Myth #3 – If you don’t have any symptoms, then you don’t have prostate cancer. Today, because of the widespread use of the PSA test³ for prostate cancer screening, most men are actually diagnosed⁴ with prostate cancer before they have had any symptoms. Urinary symptoms⁵ like hesitancy, frequency, or dribbling are important and could mean a problem with your prostate. However, not having these symptoms does not rule out prostate cancer.

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