It’s that time of year again. Time to turn everything blue in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness month.

But more important than turning everything blue is educating yourself about this disease.

For those of you who think that prostate cancer is an “easy” cancer, or “cancer-lite,” you’re wrong. Sure, it has a high treatment success rate when caught early, but it also takes lives. So far this year, two of my fellow prostate cancer bloggers succumbed to this disease. It’s not something to ignore.

Get smart about prostate cancer. The life you save could be your own.

This post originally appeared on Dan’s Journey through Prostate Cancer. It is republished with permission.