Judge Alexander Hold has prostate cancer – these are the symptoms. In Germany, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men.
In 2017, 62,230 new cases were diagnosed. Most new cases of prostate cancer occur in men aged around 70 and over. However, the disease is rare in people under 50 years of age. The probability of still living five years after diagnosis is 89 percent, under 9 out of 10 sufferers. This is the second highest probability of survival among all cancers in Germany.