Today there are over 500,000 Veterans living with Prostate Cancer in the VHA System, of those over 16,000 have a metastatic form of the disease. We are experiencing approximately 15,000 new diagnoses each year and that number is increasing. I should also point out that we have a 14% diagnosis of metastatic disease on the first diagnosis as compared to the general population's 7%. We must do more to raise awareness and educate the Veteran and Active-Duty populations.
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