Re: Symptoms and Symptom Distress in Localized Prosta...

[Guest guest]

Hi Terry,

I think the statistic is that PCa is the second leading cause

of death in men due to cancer.

I wish you all the bestAubrey

Is this statement correct? <snip> Prostate cancer is .......... the second leading cause of death in American men. <snip>

The latest US statistic I can find show that

- 1,2 million men died

- 336,000 men died of disease of the heart

- 288,000 men (24.0%) died of malignant neoplasms (so if the death toll from prostate cancer is around 28,000, that means that 10% of the cancer deaths, or about 2.5% of total male deaths were from prostate cancer)

- 70,000 died in accidents

- 61,500 died from cerebrovascular disease

- 61,000 died from chronic lower respiratory disease

- 35,438 died from Diabetes

- 28,778 died from influenza and pneumonia

On the basis of these figures, prostate cancer is certainly not the second leading cause of death in American men who have about the same chance of dying from influenza - yet men when diagnosed with 'flu simply don't have the same reaction as men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Could that be because they are constantly fed the incorrect information?

All the best

Terry Herbert

I have no medical qualifications but I was diagnosed in ‘96: and have learned a bit since then.

My sites are at www.yananow.net and www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

Dr “Snuffy†Myers : "As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of the decisions we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate data"

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