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Does prostate cancer need to be treated?

For most men, the answer may be NO!

FACT

• 232,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the US this year.
• Most will be treated, either with surgery or radiation.
• Many will be left incontinent by their treatments, many more will be rendered permanently impotent.
• Most of these men will have been diagnosed with what are known as "Gleason 6" cancers.

THEORY

• Most Gleason 6 cancers don't need to be treated at all.

My Story...

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2003. I was 53 years old. As is the case with most men these days, my diagnosis came as the result of a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test as part of my annual physical. My primary care doctor called me at home one night about a week after the blood draw and told me my PSA was high and that I ought to have the test done again as soon as possible to make sure the number -- 8 -- was accurate...  » read more