Prostate cancer patients under 44 were three times more likely to die

A new study finds.that younger men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer don’t live as long as older men facing the same diagnosis.

The finding comes from an analysis of outcomes of 318,774 men listed in a national database of prostate cancer whose diagnosis was made between 1988 and 2003. That analysis also showed that over time, more American men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer at an earlier age, likely because of more intensive screening programs.

The finding thus lends support to the recent recommendation by the American Urological Association that men should have a first screening test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) at age 40