Prostate cancers will increase significantly, study warns. Annual number of new cases will double from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040.
This progression could be explained by “the increase in life expectancy and by changes in the age pyramids” 15% of all male cancers occurs over the age of 50 in most cases, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) The risk factors for prostate cancer - heredity, tall stature - are much less preventable than, for example, smoking for lung cancer.