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thinkingtoiletlast Wednesday at 2:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

We have by no means conquered prostate cancer. It is still extremely deadly.


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hwillislast Wednesday at 2:25 PM

The average age of diagnosis is 67 and 95% of those men live as long as you would expect them to normally. It is certainly not cured, and treatment can be very disruptive and unpleasant, but it's definitely not "extremely deadly" with modern medical care.

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windowshoppinglast Wednesday at 2:21 PM

I know, I read that list and I was like "what?" Since when is even half of that stuff "conquered"?

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