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daVinci
Robotic Surgery | Cryotherapy
| Radiation, Medication,
Watchful Waiting
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Called the Silent Killer: Often does
not cause symptoms for many years.
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Over 230,000 cases are diagnosed each
year and about 29,000 men will die.
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One in six men in their lifetime will
develop prostate cancer.
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More than 70 % of men diagnosed with
prostate cancer each year are over the
age of 65.
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African American men have a higher risk
of prostate cancer.
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Over the last twenty years survival
rates have increased from 67% to 97%.
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Early detection may help detect early
stage prostate cancer.
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If diagnosed with Prostate Cancer there
are four main methods of treatment:
surgery, radiation, cryotherapy, medications
and watchful waiting.
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