Prostate_Cancer

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, prostate, men, screening, cost, risk, public, pca, one, funding, disease, research, receive, health, early, american, year, victims, social, politicians, people, less, healthcare, free, doesn’t, detection, currently, age, women, urological, though, test, states, services