This is almost always because of other comorbidities. People tend to get prostate cancer when older and it often (but not always) progresses slowly.. If you hav

This is almost always because of other comorbidities. People tend to get prostate cancer when older and it often (but not always) progresses slowly.. If you have other issues like obesity then you are likely to die from something else first. However, for otherwise healthy people, especially in their 60s or early 70s, it's a good idea to treat it early and aggressively. There are about 35,000 deaths from prostate cancer in the US every year; the leading cancer death after lung cancer.