My doctor showed me a terrifying report that only 1/1000 men who treat prostate cancer will see positive results from it. Something around %50 will die from the treatment.
My father survived almost 30 years after prostate cancer treatment, but he was left with really awful after effects of radiation therapy that he suffered with that entire time.
OTOH I have a good friend who has been treated for prostate cancer at Mayo in Minnesota and is doing well.
They’ve said he doesn’t have prostate cancer.
My husband is a prostate cancer survivor. He’s been cancer free for over 10 years.
It’s very treatable (surgery) when it is in the prostate.
It does not respond to chemotherapy, and gets hard to treat if it spreads outside the prostate.
It also tends to be more aggressive in younger men.
Charles is old, even if he did have it it would probably not be aggressive.
I have a coworker who was treated for prostate cancer and is 100% fine for eight years, now.