One out of 5 men have prostate cancer, staggering numbers. But it seems that as long as it's caught early and treated right away you go right on with your life. Personal experiences? The word I should have used is proliferation instead of epidemic.
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Cancer can not be an epidemic as it is not infectious for people to catch it. I think what you mean is that it seems more prevalent in the news etc. This is due to peoples bad diets and not following the guidelines to prevent cancers, ie good diet healthy regime, not smoking etc. As males we are more likely to get cancers, this is in our genes and especially prostate (as women dont have them).
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You might take another look at the statistic that you quote. Maybe one man in five will get it in his lifetime, but one in five do not have it right now. The National Cancer Institute sponsors a lecture series at NIH annually that talks about cancers and research and what to do in the clinical setting based on current research findings. They call the series TRACO which stands for something like Translational Research for Clinical Oncology. The lectures are scientific, but also can be understood with a little effort and always discuss treatments. You will find them at the site below. It is necessary to follow the links. And, you will find that the presenters have the view that more is discovered because of earlier tests. It may not be that more men are getting it just now. Also, they present the idea that there are aggressive forms and relatively slow growing forms and that the aggressive forms will have serious negative consequences. The talk this year was given recently and dealt with the prostate cancers that do not respond well to chemical castration. Last year's talk is more general. Hope you can benefit by these videos.
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There's no epidemic. Men has been getting diagnosed with prostate cancer for years. If it seems epidemic to you, keep in mind that due to advances in health care and health awareness, people are living longer then ever before. Our older population outnumbers the younger one. The exact cause of prostate cancer is not yet clearly understood but some contributing factors are diet, age, heredity, genetics and testosterone. It's one of the most common cancers in men and is one of the most treatable cancers if caught early. My first personal experience with prostate cancer was my own father. He ignored the early symptoms, he ignored the later symptoms, he acted too late, it metastasized and he died. End of story.
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