Three good years, two declining, so that was five years. It was 15 years ago. JIM, PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVOR CONT For a prostate cancer patient, it's the best survival of any of the major cancers.

“After my prostatectomy it took me 15 months to achieve any sort of useful erection,” says Andrew Taylor*, 68, who had his prostate removed eight years ago and has been married for 44 years.