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Advanced prostate cancer cases are rising 4.6% to 4.8% a year, experts say

Black men face a 67% higher incidence and double the death rate

Experts urge men to talk to their doctors about early screening options

THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Prostate cancer rates are climbing in the U.S. with more men being diagnosed at later stages when the disease is harder to treat, researchers report.

The analysis — published Tuesday in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians — suggests that fewer men are being screened for the disease.

“The pendulum may have swung too far in one direction, where we were afraid of overtreatment,” study co-author Dr. Bill Dahut , chief scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, told The New York Times.

"Now we’re

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