In 2003, 235,000 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in the United States. What's more, 41,000 deaths related to prostate cancer are expected in the year 2004. Thus, prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in American men and the second leading cause of deaths from cancer, after lung cancer. Most experts in this field, therefore, recommend that beginning at age 40, all men should undergo yearly screening for prostate cancer.