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A BLUE HOPE
With greater awareness, screening, and improved treatment, most men diagnosed with prostate cancer have positive outcomes, experts say. (Getty Images)
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS, TREATMENTS ADVANCE
BY MICHELLE GABRIELLE CENTAMORE
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only
lung cancer.
While treatments are improving, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates for prostate
cancer are 191,930 new cases and 33,330 deaths in the United States this year. And Long
Island men are not immune. The New York State Department of Health estimates that from
2012 to 2016, Nassau County presented with average annual cases of 1,118.8 and 107.8
deaths per year; Suffolk County reported 1,093 average annual cases and 113 deaths per
year.
“It is certainly an important medical problem on Long Island, similar to the way breast cancer
is in this region,” states Dr. Manish A. Vira, system chief of urology at the Northwell Cancer
Institute. With greater awareness, screening, and improved treatment, the majority of men
who are diagnosed typically have positive outcomes, he adds.
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