Harford County Health Department Brings Awareness to Men of Prostate Health & Cancer Risk

Bel Air, MD – September marks prostate cancer awareness month, and while prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men in the United States, the Harford County Health Department urges men to consider the facts about prostate cancer and the importance of a healthy prostate. 

 

In 2013, The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 4,880 men in Maryland will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 560 will die from it this year, while across the country, approximately 238,590 men will be diagnosed and 38,460 will die from this cancer this year. Read more...