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10 Myths About Prostate Cancer

10 Myths About Prostate Cancer

Myth 1: Prostate Cancer Is a Disease of Older Men

Fact: While it’s true that the majority of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are older, it can (and does) strike younger men. About 40 percent of all cases occur in men younger than 65.

“It’s not uncommon at all for men in their fifties and some in their forties to have prostate cancer,” says Oliver Sartor, MD, a professor of medicine and urology at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. (It’s rare in men younger than 40, however.)

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