| Men, how long are you going to live with or without | | | | contracting a prostate malignancy of about one in 10 |
| prostate cancer? If you're being honest, you really | | | | that increases as we get older. Good news! You've |
| don't know. We all have a life expectancy based | | | | survived into your 70s. Bad news... your risk of |
| upon general statistical probabilities but none of us | | | | prostate cancer is one in three. |
| know how or when we're going to die. | | | | 4. Prostate cancer is considered basically a geriatric |
| No matter what the illness or disease that may inflict | | | | disease. That is, the great majority of men, under |
| us including prostate cancer, we still can't be certain | | | | the age of 60 will not be diagnosed with a cancerous |
| when we're going to die. We know at some point | | | | prostate. Remember fact number three above |
| our own mortality will become evident. Just because | | | | though as your risk increases greatly after age 60. |
| you may have prostate cancer however, doesn't | | | | According to such well known cancer societies and |
| mean you've been given a death sentence. | | | | cancer associations as the American Cancer Society, |
| Here are some facts about prostate cancer | | | | about 92 percent of all the men diagnosed with |
| 1. Prostate cancer is generally considered a slow | | | | prostate cancer survive at least five years after the |
| growing carcinoma. This means you may have many | | | | initial diagnosis. Although such a prognosis may seem |
| high quality of life years ahead of you... that is if | | | | like less time than you expected, remember that |
| you're not hit by a truck on the way to work on the | | | | prostate cancer is considered a disease of the aged |
| freeway. | | | | and many men who contract the disease are well |
| 2. Prostate cancer typically advances through four | | | | into their 60s and 70s. |
| major stages. At what stage you're diagnosed with | | | | So your life expectancy after a diagnosis of prostate |
| prostate cancer, will determine your probable chances | | | | cancer, will depend on what stage the cancerous |
| of dying due to complications of the cancer. | | | | tumor has progressed to, your age and willingness to |
| 3. As you get older, your risk of contracting prostate | | | | consider all treatment options. |
| cancer rises. Men have a lifetime risk or chance of | | | | |