Prostate cancer, first identified in older men, not cause death

Men 70 years and older who were diagnosed with prostate cancer may not worry too much because they are not likely to die from the disease, the researchers said. Expert study was conducted with the participation of 9,000 older men with prostate cancer. Of these, only 3 to 7 percent have died of cancer 10 years later, advances the rest of the disease or not, or developed very slowly. Since the treatment of prostate cancer is associated with significant side effects, the study will help the patient make the right decision with regard to the treatment, which usually affects on their health and without which it is possible to do if the disease does not progress said Grace Lu-Yao. Doctors were debates about when to treat patients with prostate cancer, as the disease often. In the form of slow development Scientists have found that when the men refuse treatment, they must be constantly monitored by a doctor to ensure that the disease does not noted progresses. In the case of disease required to run the course.