ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - September is prostate cancer awareness month. A cancer that’s more common than you might realize.

WDBJ7’s Logan Sherrill spoke with survivors who want other men to know, they’re not alone in this fight.

“He said, ‘Tom you have cancer. We have work to do.’ That’s all I heard,” said prostate cancer survivor Tom Edwards.

“When people hear that, ‘You’ve got cancer.’ Whatever it is, everything stops,” added prostate cancer survivor Rick Forney.

Tom Edwards and Rick Forney are forever linked by the same words so many men in America hear, you have prostate cancer.

The American Cancer Society says about 1 in 8 men will contract prostate cancer in their lifetime. It’s the second leading cause of cancer death behind lung cancer. It can happen at any age but chances incre

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