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30,000 Men Die Every Year From Prostate Cancer

DIAG UNDERSTANDING PROSTATE CANCER Aggressive treatment isn't always better treatment PROSTATE CANCER Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Most men are more likely to die with prostate cancer than from it 20%- 15% 240,000 10% 30,000 5%- men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. men die from prostate cancer each year. MEN DIAGNOSED WITH MEN WHO DIE FROM PROSTATE CANCER PROSTATE CANCER IS TREATMENT TOO AGGRESSIVE? Estimates among screen-detected prostate cancers in the US: 40-50% of patients with low-risk cancer could be candidates for active surveillance. wwIS TREATMENT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH? 20-30% of patients with intermediate or high-risk cancers require multimodal therapy. 1t Health care providers need better and more personalized risk assessment tools THE PROLARIS TEST CAN HELP PROVIDE ANSWERS THE PROLARIS TEST Identifies how fast the Prolaris signature contains a total of cancer cells are replicating in order to measure how 46 GENES aggressive the cancer is Combines cell cycle gene expression with standard clinicopathologic parameters 31 15 Assesses multiple cell cycle progression pathways cell cycle progression genes housekeeper genes PROLARIS PROVIDES Personalized risk assessment Prognosis of disease progression using meaningful oncologic endpoints Prostate cancer-specific mortality Metastases Biochemical recurrence The Prolaris test determines the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in order to better understand how to treat it. With Prolaris, the physician and patient can make more informed treatment decisions about the type and timing of treatment. Sources: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-key-statistics http://www.prostate-cancer.com/prostate-cancer-glossary/Salvage-Therapy.html http://www.healthline.com/health-news/aging-is-prostate-cancer-treated-too-aggressively-062513 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/prostate-cancer/DS00043' http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/lung-cancer/resources/facts-figures/lung-cancer-fact-sheet.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-prostate-cancer-idUSBRE94JOTN20130520 http://news.health.ufl.edu/2010/14976/multimedia/health-in-a-heartbeat/prostate-cancer-treatment-sometimes-too-aggressive/ MYRIAD. DEVELOPED BY Additional info from Myriad N NOWSOURCING

30,000 Men Die Every Year From Prostate Cancer

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This infographic helps explain exactly what prostate cancer is and what needs to be done to fight it. Roughly 30,000 men in the US die every year from this disease. We need to change that statistic!

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