Senior Living: This is who prostate cancer affects and how it should be treated

By Dr. Thomas LaGrelius
Contributing writer
I just discovered a much-loved relative in his 70s has prostate cancer. He and his wife are investigating their many options. Deciding what to do about it is tricky.
Dr. Thomas W. LaGrelius
Pearls to keep in mind:We identify 165,000 new cases annually, but only 30,000 men die of it each year. Thus, the death rate is less than one-fifth of the diagnosis rate. Furthermore, more than 3 million men, or one in 50, are living today with prostate cancer. Only