As you grow older, your chance of having a diagnosis of prostate cancer increases. Indeed, for a man over about 65 years of age it is actually normal for there to be some cancer in his prostate — even though he may have no symptoms and he may never need treatment for this problem!
It is worth pointing out, however, that the majority of American men who die of prostate cancer do so when they are more than 80 years old. The implication of this is that prostate cancer is a forms of cancer that many men can and do live with for significant periods of time.
We believe that one of the reasons that prostate cancer is now so much more common than it was 50 years ago is very obvious: more men live longer today than they did 50 years ago. If you live longer, your chance of having a diagnosis of prostate cancer goes up proportionally.
The average age of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in America is still over 60 years (although diagnosis in younger men is much more common than it used to be). However, the range of ages at which diagnosis can occur is very wide. Cases of clinically evident prostate cancer have initially been diagnosed in men in their twenties and in men in their nineties.
You aren’t immune to prostate cancer just because you’re only 30 (but you would be extraordinarily to be diagnosed with prostate cancer at such an age) … and you may never have any significant sign or symptom of prostate cancer even though you’re 95!
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