With medical opinion divided and many myths propagated about the disease, it is hard to overcome the apathy of males toward discovering the real facts about prostate cancer. Let's look at some of the misinformation spread about prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is an old man's disease.
Now, that represents around 40 to 50 thousand men every year diagnosed in their working years, the prime of life. Life expectancy in men is going up. At the beginning of the twentieth century male life expectancy was 57 years. At the end of the century it was 72 years. For most of written history, life expectancy was about 35 years, but technological advances and hygiene have had a tremendous impact.