A landmark study of one the most agonizing decisions faced by men with early prostate cancer – Should I have surgery? Or should I wait and see if it spreads? – found that for those under 65, operating clearly saves lives, cutting the death rate by more than half.
For men over 65, however, the jury is still out. These men account for the vast majority of prostate cancer patients.
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As baby boomers reach the age when prostate cancer is most prevalent, scientists are working quickly to develop new treatments and encourage diet changes.
Daniel Kronenfeld was 64 and in good health in 1997 when he got an abnormally high result from a routine PSA screening, which measures the levels of a specific protein produced by the prostate gland. Three biopsies later, the prognosis was confirmed: he had prostate cancer.
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By Jennifer Barrett Ozols
Newsweek, March 29, 2005
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