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On Friday, Swedish researches reported that only a small number of men who are diagnosed within the early stages of prostate cancer actually die from the disease, even if they have not been treated. This cancer study concluded that even after ten years of dealing with prostate cancer, less than three percent of the victims actually die. This demonstrates the need to remain calm when you have been diagnosed with this low-risk form of cancer.

Cancer researcher Grace Lu-Yao states that there is no real need to panic because prostate cancer is no longer believed to be a fatal disease. Modern prostate screening tests have demonstrated that several forms of prostate cancers are found to never actually develop into a serious disease; thus a removal of the prostate or treatment with radiation may not recommended as they may contain harsh side effects that are far worse than the actual disease itself.

One such study was conducted to track men under the age of seventy years old. After eight years, nearly twenty percent of these men had died; however this number was about the same as those who were not diagnosed with the disease. The final conclusion of the test states that nearly 2.4 percent of men with this low-risk form of cancer would actually die from the disease within a ten year time period if they did not under go treatment. It is not yet clear how much of a variation this number is from those who had undergone treatment.