Cancer is a disease that we can not come over with it now.Many people die of  cancer every year.So it is important that we should do something to prevent it because you may die if you are diagonsed with cancer!

     Then what should men take care of?

     Prostate Cancer: The Facts

     The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system about the size of a walnut. It’s located in front of the rectum, under the bladder, and it surrounds the urethra. The prostate creates part of the semen expressed during ejaculation.

     Statistics. An estimated 186,000 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2008, about one in four of all new cancers in men. Prostate cancer caused 28,660 deaths that year, making it the second most lethal form of cancer in men. There is a five-year survival rate of 98.4 percent for prostate cancer.
     Risk factors. Age is a key risk factor in prostate cancer. Your risk of getting the disease increases as you get older. Your risk is higher if you have a family history of prostate cancer or if you are African-American.
Diagnosis. Prostate cancer usually is diagnosed through a combination of two procedures, a rectal exam to check the prostate and a blood test that measures prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that indicates prostate cancer if found in high levels.
     Prostate cancer treatment. Surgery to remove the prostate is one treatment for prostate cancer caught in its early stages. Radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy are used to treat more advanced cases of prostate cancer. In elderly men, sometimes the choice is made not to treat an early-stage cancer because it is slow-growing, and instead monitor the condition. 

     Lung Cancer: The Facts

     Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer for men and women, and the second most common type of cancer in men, accounting for 15 percent of newly diagnosed cancer cases.

     Statistics. Lung cancer was diagnosed in 114,690 U.S. men were in 2008, and there were 90,810 deaths, making it the number one cancer killer of men in the United States. There is a five-year survival rate of 15 percent.
Risk factors. Smoking or exposure to second-hand smoke causes most cases of lung cancer. Exposure to chemicals or environmental factors like pollution or asbestos can also cause lung cancer. Read the rest of this entry »