Prostate Cancer Survival

Question: how is prostate cancer survival rate? is there any blog that gives the prostate cancer info about prostate cancer survival rate?

Answer: what the prostate cancer survival rate is like? Phases of the development of prostate cancer is as follows: A1 phase: the elderly may from time for processing. The chance of distant metastasis was 8%, 2% in the 5-10 years died from cancer. A2 period: 30% distant metastasis, 20% in 5-10 years died from cancer. B1 period: 30% in 5 years, metastasis, 20% died of prostate cancer. B2 phase: 80% of 5-10 years, shift, 70% died of prostate cancer. C period: 50% distant metastasis within 5 years, 75% died of cancer in 10 years. D1 period: 85% distant metastasis within 5 years, the vast majority in three years, died of cancer. D2 period: 50% in three years, died of prostate cancer, 80% in five years, died of cancer, 90% in 10 years, died of cancer. http://prostatecancercom.com/the-stage-of-prostate-cancer-survival-rate-would-like-to-know-about-the-prostate-cancer-survival-rate

Question: What are the survival rates for prostate cancer? my dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. What are the survival rates? I've been hearing like 97% if it's caught early. is that true?

Answer: It depends on in which stage is his Cancer. Hope, he'll do well. Good luck!

Question: UK Prostate Cancer Survival rate around 60% VS. USA 95% even with our poor rating By the WHO? According to the U.K.’s Office of National Statistics, the five-year relative survival rate for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1993 and 1995 (and thus followed up to 1998 or 2000) was 59.8 percent, The National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database puts concurrent U.S. rates at 95.4 percent. As with the more recent figures, there is indeed a significant difference,

Answer: Yes because aside from the liberal-socialist agenda squawking, we have the best health care in the world.

Question: Rudie Giuliani continues to use false data about prostate cancer survival USA vs England- why?

Answer: erm... Politician = false data.

Question: Prostate cancer survival with advanced stages.? I have just been diognosed with prostate cancer. My urologists recommended treatment is: radiation, implant radioactive seeds and hormone therapy. Reason for this as the only treatment is: aggressive high grade cancer, Gleason's combined score 9 (4+5). perineul invasive adenocarcinoma is present. My PSA has been 4.2+ for several years. I am now 66 years old & I do not understand why a biopsy was not done before now. I trusted the doctors to make informed decisions for me. The main reason I'm asking is I'm a caregiver for my wife who has M.S. What are the survival rates for this cancer in this stage????

Answer: Sorry for your situation. I'm going to be blunt--if you rely on your oncologist to save you, you are between a rock and a hard place. He can't do anything for you, except make you weaker--but there's a lot you can do for yourself. Five hundred years ago, people said the world was flat. Today, people say that if the FDA and AMA haven't blessed something, it can't be real good. Well, here's something I know to be real AND good. It's a little different take on cancer treatment-- In 1990, I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I've survived. My doctors were great people, but they were limited to surgery, chemo and radiation by profitable AMA treatment policy. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine. I'm a retired engineer, and this is what I've pieced together--our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common STRESSORS. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor. So this means: WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.) Our bodies have 60 trillion--yes, trillion--cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body. It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won't do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly. THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world, and there are some great books on the subject. I know because I've read about 50 of them from cover to cover. Here's a list of the best ones. Some are out of print and getting hard to find-- "The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825 "The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165 "A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052 "Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701 "Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077 "The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium", ISBN 0533071410 "Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966 "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518 I know of people whose cancer has 'spontaneously remitted' (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems. You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I'm not selling anything--just trying to help. I am using the things I learned in those books right now to fight off a second infestation of cancer. I've been at it for over a year now, and think I'm going to make it. Use what works for you, and pass on your success. Best of luck. Watch the film at this website-- http://www.altcancer.com/vidgal.htm#hoxs…

Question: What country's health care system has the best survival for prostate cancer? (please link to factual source)? Thanks for Britain's CYA Report trying to explain the mitigating circumstances for Britain's Social Medicine's pathetic cancer track record. Kudos for that.

Answer: International Cancer Survival Rates are subject to numerous factors relating to comparisons based on definition and recording. http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/be… Quote: Dr Harry Burns, lead clinician for cancer in Scotland - the equivalent of England's newly appointed cancer tsar - said that figures showing higher death rates for Britain than Europe and America were not comparing like with like. The system for registering cancer deaths is much tighter in Britain than elsewhere. A cancer patient who dies of a heart attack will be registered as a cancer death in the UK, while other countries' cancer registries tend to understate their death rates, Dr Burns said. Eurocare II throws up oddities which cast doubt on the validity of the figures. The study, showing five-year survival rates from 1978 to 1989 for 17 countries, suggests Estonia has the best rate for certain cancers, above that of prosperous Germany and France. It also shows that immigrants to Switzerland have a higher survival rate than the resident population - because most return to their home countries in their final months and their deaths are not recorded. Separate evidence from international trials shows that British patients included in the trials do just as well as patients from other countries, casting doubt on the claims that treatment is less good in Britain. Dr Burns said: "Until we have a properly designed study comparing like with like, it is daft and demoralising to say we do badly. There is no evidence that British patients are dying more frequently than they need to. We are underselling ourselves and it doesn't help public confidence." His view was backed yesterday by Dr Peter Boyle, the director of epidemiology and biostatistics at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. Dr Boyle said international comparisons could not be relied on because the disease might be more advanced at diagnosis in some countries than in others."There may well be differences [in survival] but we can't say whether they are due to treatment, diagnosis or something else. I don't think anyone knows the true position," he said. Dr Boyle said global comparisons of this kind were meaningless: " Is spending money the key thing or is it spending it appropriately? We need to know the outcome of higher spending for individual patients, but that is difficult to assess." The best cancer units in Britain provided care that was the equal of any in the world but the standard varied. There were also regional differences in death rates. Dr Boyle said the best hope lay in the Calman-Hine proposals for spreading "best practice" by concentrating cancer care in specialist units linked to district hospitals. "Calman-Hine was a huge breakthrough that put the patient, not the organisation, first. It has been very successfully implemented in Birmingham and Yorkshire. It should ultimately lead to a better deal for patients," he said.

Question: How does the survival rate fluctuate regarding prostate cancer?

Answer: Hi. Survival rates for victims of prostate cancer are relatively high compared to most other types of cancer. Although there is some room for interpretation, generally, - for those men who have been tested early enough, the 10 year (or more) survival rate is an 80 - 90% value. It is useful to break up prostate cancer victims into three main groups: 1) If the cancer has not extended beyond the prostate organ itself, the prognosis is best. Members of this group are most likely to find themselves in the high survival class. 2) If the cancer has extended beyond the prostate (e.g. to closely surrounding tissues, or near lymph nodes) there is still a very good likelihood of cure, defined as a 10 year survival rate. 3) If the cancer has extended (metastisized) to far site organs or tissues, i.e. bone, liver, lung or brain; - there is currently treatment on a palliative basis only. There is no known cure at this stage of the disease. If progressed this far, secondary bone cancer is the usual site of incidence. It is VERY IMPORTANT to be tested as early as possible. The medical community recommends all men test annually after age 50, and that all men who have a relative with a history of prostate cancer test starting annually at age 40. I SAY testing should start no later than age 30. The PSA blood test is not expensive, so if your medical insurance doesn't cover, YOU should be happy to pay up. If a man tests later in life, and finds out then that he has prostate cancer, or worse that the cancer is of the aggressive form or has simply started out as the more usual slow prostate cancer, but has now has enough time to metastisize, - well then than man has been very unlucky indeed; and in my humble opinion has not been well served by the medical community's advice to test after 50 years of age. I hope this answer has been of some help to you and your friend. Best regards,

Question: If someone has prostate cancer is there any hope for survival? Someone I know has been diagnosed with this disease, Will this person have any hope at all of surviving and living a normal life? Thank you very much indeed for your help :)

Answer: Prostate cancer is not one of the easiest to cure as, it requires removing the prostate and there is nothing easy about that. For this reason many men choose no treatment at all in the beginning. Therefore catching it early really doesn’t matter much to most men. This disease is not as much about cure as it is managing it. Typically most prostate cancers are slow growing and can be managed for long periods of time. It is not unusual to see men survive 15 years or more with late stage disease and many die from other causes. How well your friend’s husband does depends on the kind of cancer he has, the stage, grade, his age and how he responds to treatment.

Question: What's the five year survival rate for prostate cancer? (Other questions)? And what about for longer periods? Also, what percentage of men become impotent, incontinent, or otherwise impaired? Do younger men (under 45) have different risk rates or different prognoses? And what's treatment like? What kind of support is most helpful? I have a friend who may have it. :(

Answer: Prostate Cancer, is typically one of the slower growing cancers. I've known older men, who have had the cancer for more than ten years. The survival rate for Prostate Cancer depends on several things: 1) Getting treatment for it? ie. medication, surgery etc. 2) Age of the man 3) Other health issues. Because Prostate Cancer IS a slower growing cancer, younger males who can be diagnosed much earlier, have a much better prognosis for treatment and cure. The Screening and treatment of all cancers has improved over the past ten years, so that we a re catching and treating cancer so much earlier than we ever did before. If your friend has the earlier stage (stage 1 or 2) of the cancer, his prognosis with treatment is pretty good. Included below is a link to the prostate cancer foundation. you should be research and find answers most, or all of your questions there. Much luck to you, and to your friend.

Question: What is the survival rate of Prostate Cancer? If it runs in your family?

Answer: Hi. Prostate cancer is one of the slowest growing malignancies that you can get - which is obviously a good thing. It is also very common in older men (more than 70% of 80 year olds have it) but because it grows so slowly, it is often not even noticed. In the majority of cases of prostate cancer, a man will die with it, rather than from it. However, the outlook isn't always this good. The chief determinant of survival (with almost all cancers) is the degree that the cancer has spread by the time it is discovered. Cancers that are confined to the prostate gland (i.e. haven't spread) have an excellent 5-year survival rate of upwards of 80%. That is, 80% of people in this situation are alive five years later. Of those who do make it this far, by far the majority live much longer (most dying with it, not from it, as above), since the cancer will have been successfully removed. Once the cancer spreads out to the surrounding local structures, the 5 year survival rate drops to about 60%. And once the cancer metastasises to distant areas, this figure falls again to around 40%. (By comparison, once lung cancers are detected, the patient often has an average of 6 months to live.) Having the cancer run in your family doesn't generally change these figures - it will still depend on the spread. Recommendations vary, but many health authorities recommend that men get screened (preferably rectal exam plus blood [PSA] test) every 2 years from 50 to 70 years. If you have a family history, you should probably start a little earlier, from about 40. Hope this helps! Let me know if you require further information.

Question: Survival rates once prostate cancer has spread to lymph nodes and bones? My husband (who is 45 years old) was diagnosed in Oct of 06'. Gleason 8 (4+4), Stage D. He is on Casodex and Eligard, and his PSA level is now 0.4. His doctors claim he can stay on these meds for many years. HIs cancer has already spread to his spine, hip, left femur, and lymph nodes in his abdomen.

Answer: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_6x_Prostate_Cancer_Survival_Rates.asp?sitearea=

Question: survival rate for prostate cancer is 80% in this country but 50% in europe? and now we want THAT sort of healthcare structure here. The reason the survival rate is lower is because you are put on a "list" and it takes much longer to get treatment. By the time you get treatment it will be too late. Is this what we want in this country? I dont need to have a source...I LIVED over there for two years and saw it first hand. google it if you do not believe me. BTW, MANY more women die of breast cancer overseas than here. Europe is NOT a single country. I lived over there in one of the northern countries so I know this better than you do. I lived in Amstrdam and my in-laws who live there now told me this. They have a friend with prostate cancer and he was given survival rates for westeran europe (generalized)...we were talking about it over the phone over the weekend.

Answer: do you have a source for that bull-sh*t ?? ------------------------- look... http://www.medicine.org/profiles/blogs/us-vs-british-health-care using sources is fun And easy ! http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/05/26/britain-says-health-service-is-splendid-thank-you-very-much/ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/05/fox-news-universal-health-care-breeds-terrorists/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1566393/the_united_states_vs_foreign_health.html?cat=5 ---------------------- okay, after doing some looking I see that your using HALF-Truths. Eastern European Countries do bring the % down ! but.. I think you should use countries like Sweden, Norway, France, Canada, Japan, Etc. when your going to compare. I don't think a U.S. Nationalized Health Care System would end up being like one in the countries of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine or Romania. ------------------------- Here it is !! ( I found it for You ) The CONCORD study http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BreastCancer/10155 It shows what you would expect !! The U.S. scores high for cancer survival WITH countries like Sweden, Japan, Finland, and Australia (unless your Black !) Countries that scored lower - Brazil & Slovakia Country that totally sucked - Algeria

Question: I need info on prostate cancer and side effects from treatment? I have a close friend who was diagnosed with prostate cancer and I need some questions answered on what the chances are for survival if it is caught early and what are the chances of having a regular love life after having your prostate removed? This is a man only 45 years old with a very active life and sex life and he is very concerned about how life will be after he has the surgery, if there is anyone who can tell me about personal experiences that are valid, please don't send clips of articles on prostate cancer because I have read ALL those, thanks

Answer: I had prostate cancer in 2005 and am just fine with a current psa of .13 that is point one three.... cured.. I was treated with Proton Radiation. The reason I chose proton ratiation is that it has a 90% cure rate and no side effects. It is the best possible prostate cancer treatment available today in my opinion... I was not sick one single day during or after treatments and every part of my body works just as before I had the treatments. I am not incontent nor am i impotent.. Its like I never had cancer and I am now fine. Proton Radiation is very different from conventional radiation... With Proton Radiation 85-90 % of the treatment energy is delivered exactly at the point needing to be treated... Therefore no other body tissue or organs are damaged as with conventional radiation..that is why it has no side effects.. There is a website called PROTON BOB (bob stands for brotherhood of the balloon..it is part of the treatment) . The website tells lots a bout prostate cancer and proton radiation.. If you go to the website, you and your friend both should read the Patient Testimonal Section.. You will then see what I am talking about... Any one with Prostate Cancer who has ever been treated with Proton Radiation is as sold on it as I am.. We all just hate to see people take the other treatments when such a good treatment is available...that has no side effects and such a high cure rate.There is also a new book out written by Robert J Marckini (a prostate cancer surviver) called YOU CAN BEAT PROSTATE CANCER. It can be purchased at Barnes and Noble and ebay and some other places I think.. It tells all about prostate cancer and then it tells all about all of the different treatments options available today and includes all pros and cons or side effects of each treatment.. Any one with Prostate cancer or prostate problems should read the book..especilly before deciding on a treatment type,. Doctors have been slow to recommend Proton Radiation for several reasons, many did not know about it, or knew very little about it.. , many considered or still consider it experimental.. then there is the green dollar bill reason.. If they send the patient else where for treatment they or their hospital dont make any money.. However they are now starting to recognize Proton Radiation.. I was treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda California.. Loma Linda pioneered the treatment in this country 17 years ago and their success has been so great that they are now no longer being ignored.. M D Anderson in Houston Texas built a facility last year and now offers Proton treatments, Mass General in Boston, one in Jacksonville, Florida and one in Indiania currently offer it I think.. The Proton Bob website tells where its available....Just dont let some doctor who is not familiar with Proton Radiation or wants to treat you how ever he is trained ..tell you what to do..make you own decision... To me chosing Proton Radiation is a no brainer .. the 90% cure rate and no side effects... It was like being on a ten week vacation when I had my treatments... If you would like I can locate some people in your area who have had Proton treatments who would be glad to share their experience with you.. I will be glad to talk to you myself .. just email me here on yahoo answers.. any of us (former proton radiation) would be glad to talk to you . That is how much we believe in the treatment..and why not.. just read the testimonials at PROTON Bob.....Sorry I wrote so much ... but I just hate to see any one subject themselves to something bad when it is so unnessary... have a great day. Im not going to check my spelling and typos.. it disconnets me some times so here it comes bad spelling and all... Also most websites like American CAncer society etc.. will say nothing about Proton Radiaton... It is so aggravating.. they are mostly controlled with doctors and people who use other treatments.. and will not recommend it.. I think it is mostly a money thing still..very sad...Only thing I can say.. Is check with those of us who have had Proton Radiation and see what we have to say and whether or not we would do it over again.. I can tell you the universal answer will be YES!!!!! One funny thing when I was taking my treatments.. sure were lots of doctors and other medical professionals out there being treated for it with Proton Radiation.. guess it was good for them and not their patients... well there are several doctors in the testimonial section on Proton Bob.. they are catching on.. One other thing and I will finally quit.. If I were going to take the treatments, I think I would do it at Loma Linda University Medical Center again.. mainly because they have been doing it so long.. however Im sure MD Anderson or some of the others would be just fine.

Question: What treatment to take? I have Prostate Cancer and I just found out.? The Prostate can be removed or I can have Radiation. The Cancer is localized to my prostate only. If I have Radiation and the Cancer returns they will not remove my Prostate and if I have my prostate removed and the Cancer returns I can have Radiation. I'm done reproducing as I just turned fifty four. To me it's a no brainer (survival and remove), I still want to be able to have sex with my wife though and there are risks either way. Please advise!

Answer: I really think that's a medical question for your treating doctors not for the average joes on Answers

Question: Prostate Cancer help? hey i am doing an assignment on prostate cancer and was wondering if anyone has any information useful for it. i need to answer these questions and sources are vital: 1- how many Australians are affected by prostate cancer and what is the survival rate (this question i need most help) 2- Syymptoms 3-treatments 4- technology that helps detects and/or assists treatment thank you

Answer: Studies suggest that over 40% of men aged 70 and above have 'latent' or hidden prostate cancer....Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system...The symptoms may be pain, difficulty in urinating, problems during sexual intercourse, or erectile dysfunction..Treatment options for prostate cancer with intent to cure are primarily surgery and radiation therapy and we have many treatment apart from this...

Question: Prostate cancer and myeloma? My dad was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in October last year. Last week he was taken ill and took into hospital where we were told he has advanced myeloma. My dad is 79. He needs to have a bone marrow biopsy now, what will his survival rate be with having two cancers to deal with?

Answer: I am so sorry, but the median survival for late stage melanoma is 6-7 months. His prostate cancer has little affect on this.