June is Men’s Health Month, an awareness month focused on advocating for all men to live healthier and happier lives. How? By taking control of your health in an effort to detect and treat preventable health problems prevalent in men.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in the U.S, with over 170,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. In 2019 alone, it is estimated that there were over 31,000 prostate cancer-related deaths. This means that approximately one out of seven U.

Willis-Knighton Cancer Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology became the first site in the world to introduce compact scanning beam imageguided proton therapy. Over subsequent years, renowned centers such as Mayo Clinic, St. Jude’s, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Medical Center followed suit.

BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) is an extremely common condition that affects almost all men as we age. The prostate is a gland that is located between the located between the bladder and urethra in men. As men age, the prostate will usually increase in size.

More than 37 million men in the United States are affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is an enlarged prostate gland and occurs in almost all men as they age. BPH occurs when the prostate gland that surrounds the male urethra becomes enlarged with advancing age and begins to obstruct the urinary system.