> For example, most men who get prostate cancer die of something else first While that is true, it is also true that men who get prostate cancer die several ye

> For example, most men who get prostate cancer die of something else first While that is true, it is also true that men who get prostate cancer die several years earlier than men who don't get prostate cancer, and treatment do increase life expectancy significant. Two clear truths, but the implications are not as clear. A common theory is that the combination of older age and cancer results in a much lower margin for error, turning non-deadly "something else" into deadly "something else". It becomes a question of definition if "something else" should be seen as independent of the cancer or not.