Worldwide, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer
in men. In 2008, there were approximately 910,000 cases of prostate
cancer globally, and this number is expected to almost double to 1.7
million by 2030.
Prostate cancer is very rare among men under the age of 40, but risk of
the disease significantly increases after the age of 50. In the US,
around 6 in 10 prostate cancer cases are found in men over the age of
65.
