India, Sept. 3 -- Prostate cancer rates in the U.S. have been rising in recent years, with a sharp increase in advanced-stage cases, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
After years of decline, prostate cancer diagnoses began increasing by 3 percent annually in 2014. The most dramatic rise has been in advanced-stage cases, which are growing by upto 6 percent each year. At the same time, the decline in prostate cancer deaths has slowed significantly, from 3-4 percent per year in the 1990s and 2000s to just 0.6 percent per year over the past decade.
Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer among U.S. men, making up 30 percent of all male cancer diagnoses in 2025. This year, an estimated 313,780 new cases a...