Symptoms

• Blood in urine or semen
• Inability to empty bladder
• Slow or hard to start stream of urine
• Frequent urination especially at night
• Difficulty with erections
• Pain or burning with urination
• Pain or stiffness in lower back, hips or upper thighs
• Most often there are no symptoms until late in the disease

Risk Factors

• Age – most prostate cancer is found in men over age 55
• Race – prostate cancer is more common in blacks than whites
• Strong family history (first degree relative with prostate cancer)

Statistics

• Most common cancer in men – 33% of all new cancer cases in men are prostate
• 10% of all cancer deaths in men are due to prostate
• 16.67% of men (1 in 6) will get prostate cancer
• 54.6% of Iowa men had a PSA test within the last year
• 57.2% of Iowa men had a digital rectal exam in the last year

Tests

• Digital Rectal Exam
• PSA test