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I had prostate cancer 10 years ago when I was 42, prostate surgically removed and doing fine now. I also heard from urologists that everyone eventually gets it
by zwieback 6y ago
I had prostate cancer 10 years ago when I was 42, prostate surgically removed and doing fine now.
I also heard from urologists that everyone eventually gets it but normally you can outrun it. If you have an aggresive variety or get it when you're young you should definitely do something about it.
The tricky part is that the current PSA test is not specific enough to avoid the stress and extra human cost of overtreatment so a better test would be great.
Everything else is pretty straightforward in terms of diagnosis and there are decent treatment techniques, I had a simple needle biopsy that confirmed the cancer but for many men this test (although easy-peasy in my case) is scary, expensive and often confirms there's no cancer at all.