You likely know of someone who was or is stricken with prostate cancer. A friend probably. Or a friend of friend you play poker with. Or even somebody closer to you like your cousin or uncle. That’s certainly not surprising given that prostate cancer is a fairly common disease. It strikes tens of thousands of guys each year. And more than 30,000 men die of it annually, making it the second most common cause of cancer death in men in the United States.

On the brighter side though, cancer of the prostate is highly curable. In fact it’s 100% curable. But there’s a catch to get that kind of cure rate. That happens if and only if the cancer has been diagnosed early and that it’s classified as an early staged cancer. Which means that the cancer cells are still locally found in the prostate region and that they have not yet spread into other parts of the body.

Still as the ever so common saying goes, prevention is still better than cure. Because not all cancers are caught early. So not all victims enjoy such high cure rates.

How do we prevent cancer of the prostate then? Well, a lot of studies have been conducted and the results were often contradictory. But on a whole, prostate cancer prevention basically involves doing anything that improves your overall health. Read the rest of this entry »