Re: Prostate Cancer ~ 1 in 6 men.....

I can't find the reference now, but have read that 50% of men at age 50 have prostate cancer, 60% of men at age 60 have it, and on up to the statement below that 80% of men at age 80 have prostate cancer. 

Mine was diagnosed 15 years ago (at age 61) when a piece of prostate was analyzed after a TURP (trans urethra resection of the prostate) and found to be cancerous.  I was scheduled for surgery for prostate removal and after talking to the Cancer Hotline and getting more information about it than my urologist/surgeon had, cancelled and have had no medical intervention.  Raw garlic kills prostate cancer in the Petri dish in the lab.  I'm a heavy raw garlic eater.

Plan for a long life, yet if you do - here's some interesting information:

"Men in their thirties and forties rarely develop prostate cancer, but the incidence increases steadily after the age of fifty-five. Approximately 80 percent of all cases occur in men over the age of sixty-five and by the age of eighty, 80 percent of all men have prostate cancer to some degree. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 381,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in 1998 and over 41,000 men will die of the disease. A male baby born today has a 13 percent change of developing prostate cancer at some time in his life, and a 3 percent change of dying from the disease. Many experts feel that every man will eventually develop prostate cancer if he lives long enough."

(from: http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/healthprostate.html#8)