Prostate cancer occurs when abnormal cells undergo uncontrolled growth in the prostate gland, resulting in the formation of a malignant tumor. The prostate is a walnut-sized organ situated deep within the pelvis, and it plays a vital role in the production of semen, which serves to nourish and facilitate the transport of sperm.
Prostate cancer ranks as the most prevalent cancer and the second-highest cause of cancer-related mortality among men in the United States. Around 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer within their lifetime. The number of new prostate cancer cases in 2024 is estimated to be nearly 300,000, and the cancer accounted for about 15 percent of all new cancer cases in 2023. An estimated 34,700 men died of prostate cancer in 2023, representing 5.7 percent of all cancer-related deaths. Fortunately, the five-year relative survival rate from 2013 to 2019 was 97.1 percent.
