[babygene]

"Ummm....Dudes, aren't you forgetting that a little thing called CANCER was responsible for him pulling out of the race?"

From what I understand from Dr. Dean Edell, many men over 60 have prostate cancer, or a pre-cancer condition, and MOST men WILL have prostate cancer if they live long enough. For older men, they don't even bother treating it because it is slow growing and doesn't impact their lifespan.

[nopardons]

The possibility of getting prostate cancers rises with age, for all men.

In there 50s, 5 out of 10 men will get it, in their 60s, 6 out of 10, in their 70s, 7 out of 10 and so on and so on. Men in their late 90s and 90s are usually left untreated. For younger men, especially for men whose fathers had prostate cancer, it is best to get treatment! Once the cancer cells escape the wall of the prostate, it is VERY serious and urgent!

Rudy's father died of prostate cancer at an early age. It would have been not only FOOLHARDY, but ridiculous, for him to have ignored it! Not ALL prostate cancers are slow moving.

[areafiftyone]

For older men, they don't even bother treating it because it is slow growing and doesn't impact their lifespan.

Yea well tell that to Rudy's dead father. That is the stupidest thing to do.