The U.S. cancer death rate has dropped by 33% since 1991, with the exception of advanced late-stage prostate cancer.

My brother died from cancer,” Jamison said. When he went in for hernia surgery, the doctors discovered an even bigger issue -- prostate cancer. “When you have prostate cancer, you don’t know, you don’t feel it just like a normal person,” Jamison said. The cancer was in its early stage, and 30 days following surgery, Jamison was back on the operating table. An American Cancer Society study showed the five-year survival rate for men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer is nearly 100%.