Prostate Cancer

You need not post this, but I hope you will issue a clarifying statement. Nor am I being critical of you. Dennis Hopper didn't die of prostate cancer. I have not read what the actual cause of his death was, but it is most likely to be the failure of an organ damaged by cancer that metastasized from the prostate. The initial occurrence of the cancer was probably in the prostate. I realize this sounds a bit like gibberish, but if more men were aware of the situation with prostate cancer, they would be more likely to make wise decisions as a result of the diagnosis and perhaps engage in some lifestyle changes that would help them avoid the cancer in the first place or its metastasis. (The same is true of breast cancer.) Both breast and prostate cancer, because of their association with self-image, engender great fear in men and women, which probably contributes to late diagnosis and treatment. If medical practitioners and reporters were more expansive in describing what happens when an initial diagnosis was made, I think those affected would have better treatment and lifestyle options.