Prostate cancer

What research knows about prostate cancer comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

5.2 million

Men alive within 5 years of a prostate cancer diagnosis, worldwide, 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 21 seconds

1.5 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 6.5 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind prostate cancer

Multiparametric prostate MRI
Scan reports
once, at investigation of suspected cancer
guideline
PSA on intermittent androgen deprivation therapy
Repeated lab results
every 3 months
guideline
PSA blood test after radical treatment
Repeated lab results
at least every 6 months for the first 2 years, then at least once a year
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$63

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $63 to $721

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Repeated lab resultsx6$1.01how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

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Prostate cancer

What research knows about prostate cancer comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

5.2 million

Men alive within 5 years of a prostate cancer diagnosis, worldwide, 2024

source

New diagnoses

One every 21 seconds

1.5 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 6.5 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind prostate cancer

Multiparametric prostate MRI
Scan reports
once, at investigation of suspected cancer
guideline
PSA on intermittent androgen deprivation therapy
Repeated lab results
every 3 months
guideline
PSA blood test after radical treatment
Repeated lab results
at least every 6 months for the first 2 years, then at least once a year
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$63

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $63 to $721

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Repeated lab resultsx6$1.01how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about prostate cancer All conditions