Prostate cancer killed 140 N.H. men in 2006

April 14, 2007 – 5:52 pm | posted in Prostate

With new developments about breast cancer so much in the news these days, the time might be appropriate to remind the thousands of your male readers of the dangers of prostate cancer.

Here in New Hampshire, this year more men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer than women will be with breast cancer. One of every six men runs the risk of getting prostate cancer sometime during his life. Prostate cancer is the greatest cancer killer of men older than age 50 and the second greatest cancer killer of men regardless of age.

The American Cancer Society recommends that all men reaching age 50 talk with their doctor about being screened for prostate cancer. Each year, 10,000 New Hampshire men turn 50.

Last year, 1,050 men in our state were told, “You have prostate cancer” and another 140 died of this disease. Reducing prostate cancer deaths is the major goal of the New Hampshire Prostate Cancer Coalition.

John Sias
Hollis
President
N.H. Prostate Cancer Coalition

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