What Black Men Should Know About Prostate Cancer

Black men more likely to develop and die from the disease.

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The Prostate Cancer Screening Debate - Prostate cancer advocates lashed out at the U.S. Preventative Task Force, which handed down recommendations to not test patients routinely for prostate cancer. African-American men are 60 percent more likely to die from prostate cancer than their white counterparts. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)
More About the Prostate Gland - The prostate wraps around a tube (the urethra) that carries urine from the bladder out through the tip of the penis. As men get older, they have a greater risk of developing an enlarged prostate, a condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate cancer. (Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)  (Photo: DEPT. OF CLINICAL RADIOLOGY; SAL/Getty Images)/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/11/Health/112111-health-gay-men-stds-on-the-rise.jpg

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Get the Facts - As President Obama recently proclaimed September 2012 National Prostate Awareness Month, BET.com takes a closer look at the disease, which Black men are 60 percent more likely to develop and twice as likely to die from than any other racial or ethnic group. —Britt Middleton (Photo: Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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