Dr. Tewari (leader in prostate cancer research and surgery) of Cornell Urology discusses the critical importance of early detection in prostate cancer and the benefits it has for prostate cancer patients.

There is no doubt this cancer picked up early gives many more options for treatment than picked up late. I think these things usually hit out of the blue, people either get to know about it by an abnormal blood test, or they have an exam done for insurance or an annual physical. People who are kind of inquisitive, people who are cautious, who are proactive may be finding out about this kind of cancer a couple of years sooner than they would have found out about it if they had just been waiting for it to present and they may have a better chance of getting cured also.