Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among males in Europe. In the European Economic Area, which includes the 26 member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, with a population of 219 million men, approximately 341,000 were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020 (accounting for 23% of all male cancers). In the same year, around 71,000 men died from prostate cancer (representing 10% of all male cancer-related deaths). There is a significant gap between the number of new diagnoses and the number of deaths from this malignancy, which explains why about 4 million Europeans (equivalent to 1.7% of all men) are living after a prostate cancer diagnosis.
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