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National Minority Health Month is observed every year in April to call attention to the health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority populations and the ways in which society can help advance health equality.
Learn MoreEach baseball season since 1996, Major League Baseball has teamed up with the Prostate Cancer Foundation to raise awareness about prostate cancer, which effects 1 in 9 men.
What Team Do You Root For?It’s very important to your whole body: your brain, your heart, your immune system – and although more research is needed, we suspect that it's also important to your prostate.
Read MoreThe prostate cancer foundation has used a laser-like strategy to reduce death from prostate cancer, but the journey to a cure continues.
Read MoreWe asked our science department to lay out the most promising ideas discussed at PCF's 25th Annual Scientific Retreat. Here's what they said.
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We are in a race for patients. For your husbands and fathers. For your sons ... and now your daughters.
Nobody wants to think about cancer, especially prostate cancer. Nobody wants to get screened, and especially, nobody wants to even think about getting a rectal exam to check for prostate cancer. We get that.
Precision ScreeningIn the upside down world of prostate cancer, the good guys want to win the war and the bad guys are leading the resistance. Imagine Rick’s Café in Casablanca, except it’s the bad guys, with a...
Genetic CounselingImmunotherapySurgery or radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer doesn’t mean that your sex life has to be over. But a big part of this may be up to you – and it’s not just that part....
Side EffectsIn the United States, men of African descent are more likely to develop prostate cancer than any other race or ethnicity.
African DescentOne of PCF's goals is to support transformational prostate cancer research to accelerate progress towards the reduction of death and suffering due to recurrent or advanced...
In 1993, PCF created a Competitive Awards program that revolutionized the evaluation and funding of prostate cancer research. Fortune magazine credited PCF with creating the “modern venture philanthropy” model for cancer research—citing the transformative power of PCF’s short grant applications and rapid funding. The awards empowered many young scientists to fill the pipeline...
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The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world's leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating prostate cancer research. Founded in 1993, PCF has raised more than $765 million and provided funding to more than 2,000 research programs at more than 210 cancer centers and universities. The PCF global research enterprise extends to 22 countries and funds a robust research portfolio. PCF advocates for greater awareness of prostate cancer and more efficient investment of governmental research funds for transformational cancer research. Its efforts have helped produce a 20-fold increase in government funding for prostate cancer.
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