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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Prostate Cancer Also Needs Our Attention

Oct 5, 2010 | 17 Comments

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
There is pink everywhere–even on NFL football players!
Last month was Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.  Did anyone even know about it?
Is it because Prostate Cancer is not as severe as Breast Cancer?
Well, let’s look at some stats.
From the American Cancer Society:
Chance of a woman getting breast cancer in her life-time: 12.5%
Chance of a woman dying from breast cancer in her life-time: 2.81%
Chance of a man getting prostate cancer in his life-time: 16.22%
Chance of a man …

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