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What is treatment for Gleason Score 8 at 80 years old in good health?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 5 10:46am | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
@tdoriausername Low on the list of things to worry about. The leading cause of death for men with prostate cancer is cardiovascular disease. That should be higher on the list as it relates to end of life planning.
Deaths due to heart disease, stroke, suicide, & lung cancer are higher - again, higher on the list of concerns as it relates to end of life planning.
Though prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in men, its mortality rate is one of the lowest.
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@brianjarvis I have to agree with you. I believe the medical profession has spent more time on treating the PC diagnosis than necessary. I was diagnosed in 2015 and told I had five years unless it treated it. Here I am eleven years later and I’m still in active surveillance… no treatment. The doctor that diagnosed me wanted to remove my prostate. That would obviously have been a mistake.