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Pennsylvania 2024 - Prostate Cancer Facts & Statistics

 

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Incidence Rates

  • Given 100,000 Pennsylvania men, 108.9 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
  • 13,010 will be diagnosed this year.
  • The state is ranked #33 in the country for prostate cancer incidences.

 

Mortality Rates

  • 18.4 in every 100,000 men will die from prostate cancer in Pennsylvania.
  • That's 1,500 men in the state, this year alone.
  • The state is ranked #40 in the country for prostate cancer deaths.

 

CDMRP* Grants in Pennsylvania

Year Introduced: 1997

Total Grants to Date: 163

Total Grand Awards Through FY 2022**: $68.3M 

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Grant Recipient

Year

Amount

Wistar Institute2012$1,873,798
University of Pennsylvania2022$1,438,734
University Of Pittsburgh2015$1,427,237
Institute for Cancer Research2021
2021
$1,402,500 $1,368,836

* Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 
**PCRP (Prostate Cancer Research Program) data for FY 2023 has not yet been posted

 

CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) Funding in Pennsylvania

  • Objective: Optimize impacts of health reform to eliminate cancer health disparities
  •  Strategy: Target primary care providers to track data on screening, early detection and prevention. 
  • Strategy: Facilitate development of data-driven patient navigation systems.
  • Strategy: Support the Moral Imperative to advance equity and eliminate disparities.
  • Objective: Increase attention to prevention, early detection and reduction of risk factors. 
  • Strategy: Promote evidence-based screening as appropriate by site and population, while reducing disparities in screening awareness and access. 
  • Strategy: Facilitate the reform-based shift from treatment to prevention when promoting allocation of care resources.
  • Strategy: Support development of a sustainable, community-focused cancer care workforce e.g. primary care providers.
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