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`Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among American men.
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`Prostate cancers usually grow slowly. Most men with prostate cancer are
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`older than 65 years and do not die from the disease. Finding and treating
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`prostate cancer before symptoms occur may not improve your health or
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`help you live longer.
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`A prostate specific antigen (PSA) test may find prostate cancer at an earlier
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`stage than if you don’t get screened, but most medical groups don’t
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`recommend screening with the PSA test. Learn about prostate cancer and
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`talk to your doctor before you decide to get tested or treated for prostate cancer.
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`Next: Basic Information
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`Frequently Asked Questions
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`What is prostate cancer?
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`What are the risk factors?
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`What are the symptoms?
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`What screening tests are there?
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`Should I get screened?
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`What are the benefits and harms of screening?
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`How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
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`How is prostate cancer treated?
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`CDC’s Latest Research
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`Racial and ethnic differences in health behaviors and preventive health services among prostate cancer
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`survivors in the United States (https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2016/16_0148.htm)
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`Annual medical expenditure and productivity loss among colorectal, female breast, and prostate cancer
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`survivors in the United States (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26705361)
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`Evolution of a CDC public health research agenda for low-risk prostate cancer
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`(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379715005048)
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`More research (https://nccd.cdc.gov/DCPC_SCS/index.aspx#/results?
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`Featured Resources
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`JANSSEN EXHIBIT 2100
`Wockhardt v. Janssen IPR2016-01582
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`Featured Resources
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`Screening for Prostate Cancer
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`[PDF-1MB] provides an overview of screening tests and
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`treatment options.
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`Treating Localized Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Research for Adults
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`[PDF-3.7MB]
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`(http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/521/2171/prostate-cancer-
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`therapies-update-160121.pdf)
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` explains treatment options and common side
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`effects.
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`This health tip sheet
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`[PDF-163KB] explains prostate cancer screening and provides a list of
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`questions to ask your doctor.
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`Page last reviewed: July 18, 2016
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`Page last updated: July 21, 2016
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`Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, (http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/about/)(cid:160)Centers for Disease Control
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`and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/)
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