As of July, it will officially be four years since my oldest brother received the devastating news from his doctor that he had prostate cancer. My brother never imagined at his age that he would have prostate cancer since he thought it was an issue that was more common with men over the age of 60. My brother was nowhere near of being in his golden years.
My brother’s doctor was equally perplexed as to why my brother would have prostate cancer at his age, yet this indicates that cancer doesn’t discriminate age. It also doesn’t discriminate your lifestyle, as my oldest brother has always been one of the healthiest people that I know. Thankfully, his cancer wasn’t in full-throttle mode since his doctor caught his cancer early. He originally had to get check-ups every 6 months afterwards, but they follow-up with him once a year to make sure his cancer doesn’t make a comeback. This is why I encourage men of all walks of life to get tested when they feel something is amiss within their body since early detection can help save lives.
1.2 million biopsies are performed annually. There are 240,000 prostate cancer diagnoses and 30,000 deaths. Prostate cancer is also the 2nd leading cause of cancer related death in the United States.
Prolaris is a genetic test for prostate cancer from Myriad Genetics Laboratories that combines traditional risk factors with molecular assessment. Prolaris is the only test that measures how fast prostate cancer cells are dividing. The information obtained from this test greatly impacts the treatment choices that someone diagnosed with Prostate cancer would choose.
How scary! I keep telling my husband to go ahead and get tested, but the drs are so sure they don’t need to be tested till they are older. He’s not having any symptoms, i’m just overly paranoid and now that his mother was just diagnosed with colon cancer, i am even more. The next chance I get to get him to the dr were def getting blood draws!
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I’m so glad your brother is doing well. I don’t know why doctors don’t start testing earlier. What does it hurt, really?
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I had to force my husband to have his prostate checked. He’s fine, but it was still time to have it done. He is SO stubborn. I’m going to send him this.
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I will be making my husband to go for his check up. I go for all of mine, so he must go for his! He hates it, but better to be safe than sorry! It’s so important!
We are in the waiting game right now with my dad. It seems to take forever to get the test results back. He goes May 4 to find out if he has prostate cancer.
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I need to force my husband to go get checked. Glad you r brother is doing well
I’m so glad to hear that your brother is alright! This was super informative and has me making my husband an appointment right now!
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Congrats to him, I’m so happy for him. Early detection is what is important.
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It seems really important to test for this since it’s such a slow growing disease. It can really save lives!! I’m glad your brother is doing well!
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My husband’s family has a history of cancer so he is so paranoid that he might get it. He is up to date when it comes to having a check up. I am happy for your brother.
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It is so important for men to get their prostate checked. I did not know the numbers were this high.
I didn’t realize the numbers were so high either. I will definitely be talking to my husband and let him know this information. I am so glad your brother is ok!
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It’s so scary how prevalent prostate cancer can be, even at a young age. The Mr. doesn’t like it but I always nag him with love to get checked regularly.
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I am so happy to hear your brother is a survivor. It makes my heart happy every time I hear a story like that.
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YAY!! I’m glad to hear your brother beat that cancer! My husband needs to go get checked. His dad had prostate cancer and they say it’s important to get tested if you have family history.
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Congrats to your brother! It is great that there is testing available to catch cancer as early as possible.
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So happy for your brother, that is amazing to achieve and I wish him the best of luck! It must be so relieving to know he’s going to be okay.
The wife has been wanting me to go get checked out for awhile now. Maybe it is time that I listen to her.
Wow, that is so amazing Thanks for sharing his story. Congrats to him! So happy for you.
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I’m so glad your brother is a cancer survivor. Thank you for sharing his story, hopefully it’ll make other people get tested.
Wow – I’m so glad your brother is doing well! This is a scary subject but just as it is with all cancer, I hope it will make people aware that early detection is the key!
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I’m so glad he is okay. We had distant relatives who died from Cancer. This post just gave me a wake up call.
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We have someone in the family who’s currently battling cancer. It’s so important to have a loving and supportive family during times like these.
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I’m SO glad to hear he beat his cancer. I love that testing like this is available.
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I am so glad to hear that he is cancer free. It’s so important to get testing done so you can stay on top of your health
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My grandfather had prostate cancer. I am glad it is one that can be treated aggressively and the outcome is usually good. I am so happy your brother is cancer free!
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My husband just cancelled an appointment to get tested because he didn’t want to ‘ruin his day off,’ Grr, such a lame-o excuse!! You can’t make anyone do anything either, but I’m hoping some gentle persuasion will get him to reschedule.
I am happy for your brother. That is amazing news. I need to force the men in my life to go get tested. 🙂
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I am very happy for your brother and your family, this is so amazing. I don’t understand why so many men refuse to get tested, it’s so important for their lives but they end up pushing it off as much as they can.
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I am so happy for you guys that is amazing news! Been going through something similar with cervical cancer and my mom who’s super young too, but they caught it really early! Long road isn’t it?! Best of luck to anyone who has to go through having cancer or a loved one. It’s hard.
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This effects many so it is important to stay aware! That is awesome for you, and glad everything is going smoothly.
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I have been talking to my boyfriend about it, he’s about to be 30. It’s never too early or too late to get tested and treated. Cancer runs like a demon in my family. I’m so happy to hear that your brother has beaten it!
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HilLesha – Congrats on your brother being cancer free for 4 yers – that is a blessing – what a nightmare it had to be. I appreciate your post and thank you for the infographic – so important!! I’ll have to talk my hubby into getting tested soon – Big hugs
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Wow – what wonderful news!! This is a great reminder – thanks for the info.
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Thanks for bringing this to light…this is so important to know! That is great news!
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I have to admit that I didn’t know much about prostate cancer. Thanks for the interesting facts!
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Sometimes it is hard to get our men to go to the doctor. My husband is one that thinks since he feels fine, he doesn’t need a checkup. I’m so glad your brother got checked out and the doctor detected it early!
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I’m so glad that your brother was able to get his prostate cancer detected in time to get the right treatment. The statistics shown here should be eye-opening for men.
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Great info. I’m glad your brother is doing well! In truth, we really don’t talk enough about prostate cancer.
I’m so glad your brother is doing well. That must have been so scary. I need to encourage my husband to go get checked out.
Thats amazing I’m glad to hear your brother is doing so well.