Secretary of State Colin Powell underwent surgery for prostate
cancer Monday. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said
Powell's prostate was removed during the two-hour operation.
Doctors say the surgery went fine. According to the American
Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in
American men. Who is at Risk for Prostate Cancer? Prostate
cancer is the most common cancer in North American men after
skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in
men after lung cancer. Both the number of new cases of prostate
cancer and the number of deaths due to prostate cancer have
increased in the past decade. Anything that increases a person's
chance of developing a disease is called a risk factor. Some of
these risk factors for prostate cancer are: Race - Black males
are more likely to develop prostate cancer than white males.
Black males are also more likely to die of prostate cancer than
white males. Family History of Prostate Cancer - A man whose
father, brother, or son has ha