What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

My doctor would like to remove my prostate, Iam just waiting for the CT Scan and Bone scan results to determine if there are any other concerns. Meeting with him in a couple of days.

PSA started going up quickly when I was at mid-74. Prostatectomy when I had just turned 75 (Jan 2022). Then Lupron for two years. Now 77 and negligible PSA. I think that's the value of rapid action for PC.
Good luck and thoughtful, rapid action at whatever stage you are in.
GranPun

I was diagnosed de novo stage 4 bone only July 27, 2022. My birthday. I will be turning 62 this July 27th, my 2nd year cancer anniversary. I've heard of men being diagnosed in their 40's. Being diagnosed at 57 is not uncommon. My advise is do not read the statistics on the internet. It is old data based on SEERS. SEERS data is mostly men who only received ADT regardless of their age and stage of PC. PC for each individual is different. It reacts differently in treatment. The mutations are different for each person. If you have stage 1 prostate cancer, you have hope for cure. If it is stage 4, and oligo metastatic, you are still curative. It high volume stage 4, the medical advances today will allow you to live a long time with this disease.

Following PSA and followup MR. Aside from that, plan to follow advice of my surgeon and my oncologist for next steps. With all that, have to consider my anxiety level and state of mind. Anxiety level very low; state of mind very good. Current thought about leaning toward surgery is simply personal preference after studying alternatives and after talking to others with positive results from surgery; and, not wanting to watch and wait "too long". I agree with mcw2023. We are all different.

@wsartor, what are the criteria for you and your team to move from active surveillance to surgery?

Hi @mikesarnia, this is all so new for you. What treatment options are you and your team considering?

I have prostate cancer and in my layman’s opinion 57 is not too young to have P-cancer. I got diagnosed late at 61, I’m 64 with stage 4 G=10, and my current urologist oncologist said I’ve probably had it for 20 years. The only thing I can say with certainty is that the everyone is different. My advice, avoid denial and keep your philosophy and beliefs meaningful to yourself. We are all share humanity, but it stops there. We are metabolically unique. Bottom line for me is to enjoy everything and avoid pain and suffering both physically or mentally at every opportunity you can control.

Hi @mnj9092, have you made your treatment decision? When will you have surgery if that is what you chose?

Thanks. Radiation therapy has not started yet and I will not be doing ADT after consulting with 2 different radiation oncologists . A very recent study posted on NIH website backs what they said https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9887024/

I am 59 about to turn 60. I have had BPH since I was in my 40's. My dad had BPH and elevated PSA levels starting in his mid 50's. My PSA went from 3.5 to 5.0 in the span of 6 months. I just had a biopsy and It can back benign. I'm under 2 years of monitoring.