...is one of the most treatable and recoverable of them all.

For men diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, the 5-year survival rate is 30%.
If the docs catch it early... and take it out.... it's 98% survival after 10 years.

I know....I had the Da Vinci robot take mine out in 2010. My PSA is undetectable.

good thing they didn't drop him for pre-existing conditions after the first go round. Best wishes Senator King for a speedy recovery.

And Rep. Hastings took part in a Congressional hearing last week - as seen on C-SPAN.
These are strong, committed human beings, as is the incredible RBG, just out of surgery for lung cancer.

My grandfather had prostate cancer, so it's definitely a concern of mine that it could be hereditary.

Or the susceptibility to it is.
I lost two uncles to it, and when my PSA started going up, my Urologist did biopsies and found I had stage 2a prostate cancer.

A 9 week course of radiation treatments, and I've been cancer free for 6 years.

Get tested. A strong family history means starting the tests at age 40.

received during treatment for prostate cancer becoming a future case of colon cancer. I believe the statistic is only .05%, small, and while doctors agree that the cause of this second cancer is from radiation received during prostate cancer it is not openly referred to as radiation cancer, it's lumped into the category of colon cancer. My advice is not to not receive radiation treatment, simply to be aware of its potential future consequences.

I know my dad, who's in his mid-60s, has getting consistent examinations since about the time he turned 50.

He's one of the good ones. Let's try to keep him!