| 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 don't | | | | that increases as we get older. Good news! You've |
| know. We all have a life expectancy based upon | | | | survived into your 70s. Bad news... your risk of |
| general statistical probabilities but none of us know | | | | prostate cancer is one in three. |
| 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 the |
| us including prostate cancer, we still can't be certain | | | | age of 60 will not be diagnosed with a cancerous |
| when we're going to die. We know at some point our | | | | prostate. Remember fact number three above though |
| own mortality will become evident. Just because you | | | | as your risk increases greatly after age 60. |
| may have prostate cancer however, doesn't mean | | | | According to such well known cancer societies and |
| 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 you're | | | | like less time than you expected, remember that |
| not hit by a truck on the way to work on the freeway. | | | | prostate cancer is considered a disease of the aged |
| 2. Prostate cancer typically advances through four | | | | and many men who contract the disease are well into |
| major stages. At what stage you're diagnosed with | | | | their 60s and 70s. |
| prostate cancer, will determine your probable chances | | | | So your life expectancy after a diagnosis of prostate |
| of dying due to complications of the cancer. | | | | cancer, will depend on what stage the cancerous |
| 3. As you get older, your risk of contracting prostate | | | | tumor has progressed to, your age and willingness to |
| cancer rises. Men have a lifetime risk or chance of | | | | consider all treatment options. |