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ZERO Prostate Cancer is on a mission to improve and save lives from prostate cancer through advocacy, education, awareness, and support. Formerly known as the National Prostate Cancer Coalition, we were founded in 1996 to stand up for people impacted by prostate cancer. Today, we serve as the nation's leading prostate cancer organization, advancing a future where prostate cancer detection is early, support is unwavering, and care is accessible to all. For almost 30 years, we've led the way in prostate cancer advocacy and support, successfully unlocking funding toward breakthrough discoveries, treatments, and life-saving access to care.

As the nation's #1 provider of prostate cancer resources, programs, and services, we've supported millions of people at risk or diagnosed, and their families. As the voice of the prostate cancer community, our urgent focus on breaking barriers to survival—by closing gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and care—brings critical attention to those most likely to be impacted by this disease.

The first challenge was to create public awareness and a collective voice for the prostate cancer movement. We brought the face of prostate cancer to Congress with testimony from survivors and those who lost loved ones to the disease, spearheading the Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program. We championed strategic alliances with national and local organizations and politicians to advance and protect critical government funds for prostate cancer research. We pioneered free mobile prostate cancer screening across the nation through our Drive Against Prostate Cancer program, testing more than 130,000 at-risk men and alerting them to potentially life-saving information.

As the prostate cancer landscape has evolved, so have we. Today, we are the destination for taking action to end prostate cancer and creating solutions to meet the most critical needs of our community. One of the most important initiatives at ZERO is advancing health equity to help bridge the gap between racial and health disparities in prostate cancer among Black men, one of the groups most at risk for prostate cancer. ZERO continues to be on the front lines in Washington, D.C., and grassroots communities to help drive new legislation and policies that positively impact the lives of those at risk and who are suffering from this disease. We provide men and families with educational resources and funding promising research for improved early detection options. Our mantra to support, educate, and activate is mobilizing a like-minded, passionate, and multigenerational army of advocates across the country to ZERO out this disease once and for all.

In 2021, ZERO merged with Us TOO International, the nation’s first prostate cancer support group network. Us TOO started in early 1990 when Chicago-based Urologist Dr. Gerald Chodak met with five patients, Edward C. Kaps, John DeBoer, Edward von Holst, John Moenck, and Vincent Young, to discuss their prostate cancer journeys. For the next 30 years, Us TOO would grow to a network of 200+ support groups that helped transform resignation into determination and fear into hope for men and their families dealing with prostate cancer. With the ZERO and Us TOO merger, patients now have access to a single prostate cancer support powerhouse.

Whether you are a 40-year-old father of three young children in the prime of your life, a single 50-year-old man without kids, or a 65-year-old excited to enjoy your retirement, the face of prostate cancer can look very different. What unites us all is our steadfast commitment to eliminate the pain and suffering and create Generation ZERO – the first generation of men free from prostate cancer.

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