Turning Up the Volume on Prostate Cancer

"Prostate cancer" are two words that men dread to hear - so much so that many fail to be screened for the disease. While the American Cancer Society does not currently recommend routine screening for men, it does urge men to discuss screening and possible treatment options, if warranted, with their health-care providers. A local prostate cancer support organization is even going a step further, saying that ignoring prostate cancer screening doesn't lead to safety but to becoming a statistic, and not a good one. The American Cancer Society says prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men: In 2009, more than 192,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and over 27,000 will die from the disease....