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I've heard it phrased by a doctor as "Almost every man dies WITH prostate cancer. Almost no man dies FROM prostate cancer."


2.4% of men die from prostate cancer, 33K/year in America. This is easily googleable.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/about/key-stat...


Anecdotal but both of my grandfathers died from it, one at age 52.


10 year survival rate of prostate cancer is 98%.

https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/prostate-cancer/statisti... 5-year survival rate for most men with local,prostate cancer combined is 98%25.


Note: That’s if it’s detected.




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