I don't think prostate cancer is usually linked to smoking. But of course some people will say that smoking can cause just about any cancer. Still, I think there are usually other variables involved in prostate cancer. And yes early detection is the key to overcoming cancer. Both my cancers were in stage 1 when I was diagnosed, so that worked in my favor big time.

My dad is 64 now and has been drinking and smoking since he was 15 or so. Besides the two heart attacks (the first was pretty serious, they put stints in and all that good stuff. The second was just a mild one, I don't recall them doing anything too drastic to him that time) he's never had any health problems. Which is pretty ironic really, his father passed away at age 50, and most men in the family are lucky to see 60. What's keeping him going is beyond me?

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