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@canadaanne It’s important to realize that of all cancers men might be diagnosed with, prostate cancer has one of the lowest mortality rates - a very low risk of dying from it. (See attached chart.) Urologist’s are terrible at delivering the news.
(Data are from the American Cancer Society, 2024: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21820)
(I started getting PSA tests in 2000, was diagnosed with PCa in 2012, was treated in 2021, and now just get PSA tests every 6 months.)