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Prostate Cancer

 

            Prostate Cancer Issues in Healthcare.
             Prostate Cancer is a cancer of the prostate which affects men. 190,000 .
             new cases are detected each year in America, making it the most common cancer .
             among men. Additionally, prostate cancer has grown 192% between 1973 and .
             1992. (PCA).
             There are social, environmental and political conditions which currently .
             exist and may affect a prostate cancer victim's access to health care or .
             other services. Some of these issues are very positive while others show .
             that politics and "political correctness" can sometimes hinder research and .
             cost lives. .
             "American men have a one in two lifetime risk of developing cancer. For .
             women, the risk is one in three." (PCA) However, only one tenth of the .
             American healthcare budget currently goes toward cancer research. The PCA .
             estimates that if cancer were cured today, "the economic value to the United .
             States would exceed $46 trillion, more than the entire financial assets of .
             the country." .
             African American men have the highest risk of prostate cancer worldwide - .
             their risk is 60% greater than that of Caucasian males. Prostate cancer, in .
             the public image is a disease of old men. Yet younger men each year are .
             dying of it. The PCA also states that "This year, more cases of prostate .
             cancer in men under the age of 65 are expected than the combined number of .
             men of ages who are victims of leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and brain .
             tumors.".
             Although the PCA presents a negative political image of prostate cancer - .
             the "ignored" cancer, there is some evidence that politicians are beginning .
             to hear the victims of prostate cancer, and listen. Cancer, of course .
             doesn't discriminate who it picks - though African American males may be .
             more at rich cancer doesn't pick its victims by social status. A recent .
             public announcement by Sacramento City Councilman Robbie Waters stating that .
             he has prostate cancer indicates once again to the public that early .


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