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September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - This month marks National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that there are more than 2 million prostate cancer survivors in the U.S.? Read more about this type of cancer, screening recommendations and how it affects Black men. — Kellee Terrell(Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images)

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What Is Prostate Cancer? - Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men and occurs when cancerous tumors develop in the prostate. A prostate, which is located in front of the rectum and below the urinary bladder, is a gland that nourishes the sperm cells in semen. (Photo: Detroit Free Press/MCT/Landov)

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General Risk Factors - While it’s unknown what exactly causes prostate cancer, Cancer.org states that the following are risk factors for developing the disease: Being over the age of 65, being Black, having a family member who has had prostate cancer, workplace exposure and smoking. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Racial Health Disparity Around Prostate Cancer - While prostate cancer happens to all men regardless of race and ethnicity, Black men have higher rates of prostate cancer and are twice as likely to die from the disease than white men. Between 2003 to 2007, mortality rates were 22.8 cases per 100,000 white men, and 54.2 cases per 100,000 African-American men, writes the Wexner Medical Center.(Photo: Siri Stafford/Getty Images)

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Aggressive Prostate Cancer and Black Men - Part of the reason why mortality rates among Black men is higher is due to late testing and inequality in health care. But another reason is that prostate cancer in Black men tends to be more aggressive. When Black men are diagnosed with prostate cancer it’s more likely to be in an advanced stage.(Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/Landov)

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Why Are Black Men More at Risk? - Doctors aren’t really sure what causes prostate cancer or why Black men are more susceptible to it. But they have hypothesized that diet, genes, environment, obesity, hormones and even low Vitamin D levels all may play a role in this racial health disparity. (Photo: Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Photo By Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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The PSA Debate - While most experts recommended that African-American men 40 and older should receive a P.S.A. test — the most common test for prostate cancer — in 2011, the United States Preventative Services Task Force claimed that the test does not predict cancer. They also believe that the P.S.A. test often leads to additional tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain and impotence in healthy men. (Photo: The Washington Times/Landov)

Photo By The Washington Times /Landov

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Treatment Options - Immediate treatment isn’t always necessary, if you have been diagnosed. Treatment options depend on which stage your prostate cancer is in and how advanced it is. Some common forms of fighting prostate cancer are the “wait and see” approach, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, medications and hormone therapy, to name a few. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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“Wait and See” Approach Is “Bad” for Black Men - For men with early stages of prostate cancer, some doctors use the “wait and see” approach instead of surgery and treatment. But a 2013 study found that this approach translated into more Black men developing aggressive forms of the disease down the road. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)

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The Affordable Care Act and Prostate Cancer - For people with cancer, including prostate cancer, the Affordable Care Act makes it illegal for insurance companies to deny you coverage based on a “pre-existing” condition. You cannot be charged more because you are sick and there are no more limits on how much insurance companies will pay for your illness. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)