Apart from skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men who are middle-aged or older. It affects thousands of men each year (191,930 new cases of prostate cancer in 2020, according to the American Cancer Society) and about 6 cases in 10 occur in men aged 65 or older.
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that starts in the prostate gland, located beneath the bladder and surrounding the urethra. When the cells in the prostate gland grow out of control, they form a tumor, which can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, which means it can spread to other areas of the body whereas a benign tumor might become bigger but will not spread.
The most common type of cancer that develops in the prostate gland is called an adenocarcinoma. Other types include:
Depending on how fast it grows and spreads, there are two types of prostate cancer:
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