Does anyone know of the success rates for Prostate cancer?!
Question: Does anyone know of the success rates for Prostate cancer!?
A dear friend of mine has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and we are wondering what we are in for and what are the odds!. Thanks!.
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The prostate and glands can be removed!. If the cancer is beyond the glands there's no cure and no surgery!. I have progressive prostate cancer and am on hormones to slow the growth!. Hormones are temporary and normally stop working after 12 to 18 months!. After that 30% of men will die within 2 years!. It's all speculation and no one can say when we will die!. I wish someone knew!. Your friend needs a very experienced Doctor!. Good luck to him!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men!. In 2008, an estimated 186,320 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer!. It is estimated that 28,660 deaths from this disease will occur this year!.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men!. Although the number of deaths from prostate cancer is declining among all men, the death rate remains more than twice as high in black men than in white men!.
More than 90% of all prostate cancer cases are discovered when the disease is apparently limited to the prostate and surrounding organs!. In these cases, nearly 100% of patients are expected to live at least five years after diagnosis!. The five-year relative survival rate (the percentage of patients who survive after the cancer is detected, excluding those who die from other diseases) of patients with prostate cancer is 98%!. The 10-year and 15-year relative survival rates are 91% and 76%, respectively!.
Cancer survival statistics should be interpreted with caution!. These estimates are based on data from thousands of cases of this type of cancer in the United States each year, but the actual risk for a particular individual may differ!. It is not possible to tell a person how long he will live with prostate cancer!. Because the survival statistics are measured in five-year (or sometimes one-year) intervals, they may not represent advances made in the treatment or diagnosis of this cancer!.
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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men!. Although the number of deaths from prostate cancer is declining among all men, the death rate remains more than twice as high in black men than in white men!.
More than 90% of all prostate cancer cases are discovered when the disease is apparently limited to the prostate and surrounding organs!. In these cases, nearly 100% of patients are expected to live at least five years after diagnosis!. The five-year relative survival rate (the percentage of patients who survive after the cancer is detected, excluding those who die from other diseases) of patients with prostate cancer is 98%!. The 10-year and 15-year relative survival rates are 91% and 76%, respectively!.
Cancer survival statistics should be interpreted with caution!. These estimates are based on data from thousands of cases of this type of cancer in the United States each year, but the actual risk for a particular individual may differ!. It is not possible to tell a person how long he will live with prostate cancer!. Because the survival statistics are measured in five-year (or sometimes one-year) intervals, they may not represent advances made in the treatment or diagnosis of this cancer!.
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It depends on what your definitions of success and odds are!.
If you are asking if he will be cured, it is not likely!. If you are asking if he will survive, there is a very good chance he will!. You are not giving enough information to give you a better answer!. Prognosis depends on the stage, grade, race and his response to treatment!.
Prostate cancer is typically slow growing and it is not unusual to see a man living with this disease for 15-20 years!. Very often these patients die from other causes!. There are several treatment options and those also depend on stage, grade and race, but consideration of the man
If you are asking if he will be cured, it is not likely!. If you are asking if he will survive, there is a very good chance he will!. You are not giving enough information to give you a better answer!. Prognosis depends on the stage, grade, race and his response to treatment!.
Prostate cancer is typically slow growing and it is not unusual to see a man living with this disease for 15-20 years!. Very often these patients die from other causes!. There are several treatment options and those also depend on stage, grade and race, but consideration of the man
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