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In Good Health: The Evolution Of Prostate Cancer Treatment

October 7, 2026

Jenn White (0:01)

Pross-State Cancer Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men, and the second leading cause of cancer death.

One in eight men will be diagnosed in their lifetime, and black men are more than twice as likely to die from it. Between the social stigma and misconceptions about diagnostic methods, it's not something many men want to talk about. Meanwhile, in pop culture, the prostate is often treated like a joke.

Maggie Oblock (0:31)

I'm done, Jaco.

SPEAKER_3 (0:32)

I got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories.

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