My dad's best friend was diagnosed with a slow growing type of prostate cancer when he was in his early 70s.
They were worried about it at first, and he got some type of treatment although I don't know if it was radiation chemo or both. I know he did not have the full surgery to remove his prostate.
By the time he turned 75, the doctors told him that thanks to the treatment it was growing so slowly it would probably not be a life-threatening thing for him; they said "you'll die of something else first!" They were right --he lived for almost 20 more years and died in his early 90s of a heart condition .
They were worried about it at first, and he got some type of treatment although I don't know if it was radiation chemo or both. I know he did not have the full surgery to remove his prostate.
By the time he turned 75, the doctors told him that thanks to the treatment it was growing so slowly it would probably not be a life-threatening thing for him; they said "you'll die of something else first!" They were right --he lived for almost 20 more years and died in his early 90s of a heart condition .