- Myth #1 – Prostate cancer1 is common, but few men actually die from it. In fact, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States and claims almost 30,000 lives in the United States each year.
- Myth #2 – Prostate cancer is only found in elderly men. While it is true that prostate cancer is more common with increasing age2, it can be found in men of all ages. Prostate cancer is increasingly being diagnosed in men in their forties and fifties.
- Myth #3 – If you don’t have any symptoms, then you don’t have prostate cancer. Today, because of the widespread use of the PSA test3 for prostate cancer screening, most men are actually diagnosed4 with prostate cancer before they have had any symptoms. Urinary symptoms5 like hesitancy, frequency, or dribbling are important and could mean a problem with your prostate. However, not having these symptoms does not rule out prostate cancer.
Tribute to Jim Tuggey
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I am sad to report the passing of Jim Tuggey – the founder of this website.
He had a passion for getting the word out about Proton Therapy and
treatment, a...
5 years ago
Wow. I am having most of the myths that you have listed and do feels that very few people suffers from this cancer type. You have cleared so many points about this cancer type in my mind and also I want to know that if this cancer type is genetically transferable or not.
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