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A Decade of Progress Marks this Year's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

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09/24/2014 10:00 AM EDT

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among American men.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the approval of docetaxel, the first chemotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer that showed a survival benefit. Since docetaxel, five additional therapies have been approved, and all of them have shown improvements in survival.

Read the Consumer Update to learn more about this prevalent disease and how the FDA is working to help prolong the lives of those suffering from it.


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