Disease Database Drug Database Alt. It's been aptly said if you're not confused about prostate cancer , you don't know what's going on. Every year I receive letters from men who have been diagnosed with this malignancy. Here are facts to consider before making a decision.
Prostate cancer is a little like getting grey hair.
Eight percent suffered from urinary incontinence. Remember, statistics don't tell the whole story. The patient who wets his pants after radical prostatectomy is much more aware of this problem than the surgeon who performs the operation. Most letters I receive from patients left with post-surgical incontinence tell a sad tale. The writers would not have agreed to surgery if they had known how difficult it was to live with urinary incontinence.