Immediate treatmen when prostate cancer was detected

Immediate treatment has been the standard option when prostate cancer was detected, but today more and more doctors are advising a wait-and-see approach. This is especially true in the case of what's sometimes referred to as an "indolent tumor" (rather than "slow-growing cancer"). Such a tumor is still cancerous, but is growing so slowly — if at all — that keeping an eye on it with regular PSA testing, and follow-up biopsies if indicated, may be a better option than cutting or nuking. Truth is, most of us guys either have, or will have, prostate cancer — but we won't die of it. Autopsies consistently show that over half of men in their 50s, and three-quarters of men in their 80s, had prostate cancer, but died of something else.