This petition is mainly to spread awareness regarding Prostate Cancer which is a very uncommon cancer among men in Malaysia. Most of the patient of Prostate Cancer in Malaysia didn't manage to detect early and the survival rate become lower. The survival rate for this cancer if it detected early is 100%.

Prostate cancer begins when normal cells in the prostate begin to change and grow uncontrollably.  Some prostate cancers grow slowly and may not cause symptoms or problems for years while other prostate cancers are more aggressive and grow quicker. Often there is no way to predict how aggressive a cancer is before a biopsy. However there are multiple new biomarkers and genomic tests available that may aid in determining if the cancer will be aggressive or not. 

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed, major cancer among all Americans. The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age. Some studies have shown an overall 2-to 3-fold increase in the risk of prostate cancer in men who have a history of this disease in their family. Family history is defined a family member such as mother, father, brother, sister, etc. with prostate, breast, ovarian, colon or pancreatic cancers. It is more significant if a family member was diagnosed with cancer at a younger age (less than 60 years old). The incidence rate of prostate cancer is two times higher in African-American men than Caucasian men. Men with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation are also at higher risk for prostate cancer.