Prostate cancer kills 50 men a day in Brazil, warns Lavras oncologist André Murad
During Novembro Azul, the doctor told Revista da Cidade that cases in men under 60 have quadrupled in 20 years; with early diagnosis, the cure rate exceeds 90%
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Fifty men die every day in Brazil from prostate cancer. The figure was given by Lavras oncologist André Márcio Murad on Revista da Cidade this Friday (13), on Rádio Cultura, in an interview about Novembro Azul.
According to the doctor, there are about 18,500 deaths per year in the country, and mortality has grown sharply over the last 20 years. Brazil records an average of 75,000 new cases a year, a number that already matches that of breast cancer.
"It wasn't supposed to be this way, because prostate cancer can be prevented and screened for early diagnosis," he said. When the disease is detected early, the cure rate exceeds 90%.
What worries Murad most, according to him, is the age of the patients. Cases in men under 60 have quadrupled in two decades. "Before, we used to see prostate cancer in very elderly patients. Not anymore," he said.
Watch the Revista da Cidade excerpt in this story's video.
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