"Most experts recommend talking with your healthcare professional about prostate cancer screening around age 50. Together you can decide whether screening is right for you. You might consider starting the discussions sooner if you're a Black person, have a family history of prostate cancer or have other risk factors."
source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prostate-cancer/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353093
"Hormone therapy is designed to inhibit testosterone production or directly block it from acting on prostate cancer cells. It is, essentially, “anti-testosterone therapy.” The majority of prostate cancer cells will stop growing following the removal of testosterone, and many will die."
highlight link (you need to copy the link and paste it into search bar to be taken to highlight:
https://www.pcf.org/patient-support/side-effects/hormone-therapy/#:~:text=Hormone%20therapy%20is%20designed%20to%20inhibit%20testosterone%20production%20or%20directly%20block%20it%20from%20acting%20on%20prostate%20cancer%20cells.%20It%20is%2C%20essentially%2C%20%E2%80%9Canti%2Dtestosterone%20therapy.%E2%80%9D%20The%20majority%20of%20prostate%20cancer%20cells%20will%20stop%20growing%20following%20the%20removal%20of%20testosterone%2C%20and%20many%20will%20die.
Source: https://www.pcf.org/patient-support/side-effects/hormone-therapy/
for more information on risk factors and to know if your higher risk, visit
https://www.pcf.org/patient-support/higher-risk/
hopefully all of this will be totally useless to you and youll waste your time reading it
i say this because the alternative is you find you have cancer and that would not be good
