Australian Prostate Centre was founded to build a stronger prostate cancer research community and to promote and facilitate collaborative research. Their initiatives are research-validated, blueprint models for best practices in prostate cancer care and management.

Prostate Cancer Facts:

• Australia has the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world.

• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australian men.

• About 20,000 men are diagnosed each year, the average age of diagnosis is 67 years

• 1 in 6 men will develop prostate cancer; 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer

• Men are 30% more likely to die from cancer than women

• Men facing prostate cancer in rural and remote areas are a third more likely to die than their metropolitan counterparts.

• Australian men are facing a healthcare crisis: 40% do not have a GP or attend annual check up.

• Australian men with prostate cancer are 6 times more likely to commit suicide.

APC offers screening and testing at their world leading North Melbourne clinic.

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