Prostate cancer: What's your risk?
Images: Thinkstock Prostate cancer risk statistics can be misleading. Although 15% of American men will be diagnosed in their lifetimes with prostate cancer, 3% of all men will actually die because of the disease. |
Age, family history, and race are the main influences.
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