As for raising awareness —> Last year, I was curious as to how many celebrities and other public individuals (athletes, actors, politicians, financiers, and others in the spotlight) over the past few decades have been in the news with a diagnosis (or death) from prostate cancer. After less than an hour of searching, this was the list I amassed:

> Andre Dawson
> Andrew Lloyd Webber
> Andy Grove
> Arnold Palmer
> Ben Stiller
> Bill Bixby
> Bob Casey
> Bob Dole
> Brooks Robinson
> Cal Ripken
> Carlton Fisk
> Charlton Heston
> Colin Powell
> Darwin Deason
> Davey Lopes
> David Koch
> Dennis Hopper
> Dexter Scott King
> Dusty Baker
> Francois Mitterrand
> Frank Zappa
> Gary Cooper
> Glenn Thompson
> Gregg Olson
> Harry Belafonte
> Ian McKellen
> Jerry Brown
> Jerry Orbach
> Joe Torre
> John Kerry
> Johnny Ramone
> Ken Griffey, Sr.
> Langston Hughes
> Linus Pauling
> Lloyd Austin
> Mandy Patinkin
> Michael Bennet
> Michael Milken
> Mitt Romney
> Nelson Mandela
> O.J. Simpson
> Phil Lesh
> Phil Niekro
> Ryne Sandberg
> Rob Gardenhire
> Robert DeNiro
> Rod Stewart
> Roger Moore
> Ron Wyden
> Rudy Giuliani
> Ryan O’Neal
> Shannon Sharpe
> Sidney Poitier
> Stephen Fry
> Steve Garvey
> Stokely Carmichael
> Telly Savalas
> Thom Tillis
> Timothy Leary
> Ty Cobb
> Warren Buffet

Since then, many more have been in the news with prostate cancer at various stages (I’ve only undated the list with a few of them).

“Awareness” has been raised (for over 30 years). All of us have heard of many (or most) of those in that list. Despite all the media attention given to these celebrities and their diagnoses, most men say they never even heard about prostate cancer; as a result, never get their PSA tested.