Prostrate Cancer

Cancer Research Paper

I chose to research Prostate cancer because someone I know has some of the

symptoms of Prostate cancer. All of the tests have not been run as of yet, so the final prognosis has not been given.
Prostate cancer is cancer that originates in the prostate gland, a male genital gland about the size of a walnut that is located in front of the rectum, behind the base of the penis, and under the bladder. The prostate gland surrounds the upper part of the urethra, the tube that caries urine and semen out of the penis (Prostate Cancer Resource of America).
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancer. It is estimated that one in six men will develop prostate cancer sometime during his life (Cancer of the Prostate). According to the American Cancer Society, this year almost 200,000 men in the United States will be newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and 40,000 men will die from this disease (Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia).
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