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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, in the public image is a disease of old men. Yet younger men each year are dying of it. The PCA also states that "This year, more cases of prostate cancer in men under the age of 65 are expected than the combined number of men of ages who are victims of leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and brain tumors.

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Although the PCA presents a negative political image of prostate cancer - the 'ignored' cancer, there is some evidence that politicians are beginning to hear the victims of prostate cancer, and listen. Cancer, of course doesn't discriminate who it picks - though African-American males may be more at rich cancer doesn't pick its victims by social status. A recent public announcement by Sacramento City Councilman Robbie Waters stating that he has prostate cancer indicates once again to the public that early screening is key. (Gibson) "It's a shocker," he said during an interview Friday afternoon at his Pocket-area hardware store. "I was surprised... And I am scared.

"However, research I've done the last few days indicates that this kind of cancer, if caught soon enough, is curable."

If politicians are beginning to come forth with incurable diseases, 'everyday' people who have such diseases will be more encouraged to seek early intervention. Not only that but if politicians are getting prostate cancer, by a natural fact more public funding for the disease cannot be too far behind. After all, what politician with prostate cancer is going to conclude that it is being funded enough, and will simply accept the reality of his death due….....

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