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A lot of stuff happened in your mind

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when somebody tell you to see where you

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got cancer . First thing come to your

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mind is saying I'm gonna die . I don't

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know if it's good news . He said , um ,

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you were diagnosed with prostate cancer

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and I'm like , there are generally

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higher incidences of , of prostate

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cancer and other cancers in the

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military database than seen in the

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generalized population database . A lot

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of us have been two Persian go in the

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war . We , we've been out there , we

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breathe in , you know , toxic gasses ,

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toxic fumes . Prostate cancer is the

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most common cancer in men . About one

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out of eight , up to one out of six men

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will develop prostate cancer in their

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life . Most men should start getting

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screened by age 55 . But if you're

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African American or your family history

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of prostate cancer usually start at age

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40 I'm still , you know , kind of

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nervous on it because , you know , I

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don't know , I don't know the future .

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Many men are hesitant to get any kind

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of testing to see if there is a problem ,

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but I highly encourage them to get

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tested because prostate cancer can be

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cured . Number one , most of them will

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probably live a long time and I don't

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want them to be too worried about it .

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Uh , number two , that they have

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options and just to understand their

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options , they may choose surgery ,

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they may choose to observe it for a

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while and do what we call active

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surveillance . They may choose , they

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have various forms of radiation . I

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think the most important thing is to

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understand that it's not going to go

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away on its own . The problem needs to

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be investigated if you want a shot at

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getting rid of it , ignoring it's not

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ever the answer . The worst quote ,

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side effect is letting the cancer take

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control because any kind of treatment

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you get , we have a very good

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statistical idea of what the side

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effects are and what the likely outcome

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will be . But as soon as someone

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decides to just not get treated or not

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get worked up , they're really letting

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the natural history of the cancer

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dictate what happens instead of them

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having a role in what happens . So they

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have to understand the a side effect .

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So to speak of either not being seen or

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not getting treated , it's probably

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worse than any side effect they're

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gonna have from any therapy . Most men

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don't go to the doctor , most men don't

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talk about anything medical . Um , and

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that's where we have to break that

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cycle . We need to either get on board

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with it or we'd be dying from it . And

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that's why I tell everybody I don't

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care who they are now . I'm just , hey ,

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you check your PS A , I'll be in the

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bathroom . You check your PS A . What's

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that ? Because if I just want them to

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know , you know , that this is , this

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is serious . This is more than , it's

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bigger than us . And if , if we can

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just say one , like I said , it , it'll ,

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it'll make a difference .