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Q: 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?

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

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

A: 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

Q: 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,

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

Q: 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.

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

Q: Why do cancer survival rates in europe lag behind the U.S.?
Cancer Survival Rates Improving Across Europe, But Still Lagging Behind United States

Zosia Chustecka
Information from Industry

October 15, 2008 — New reports from EUROCARE suggest that cancer care in Europe is improving and that the gaps between countries are narrowing. However, comparisons with US statistics suggest that cancer survival in Europe is still lagging behind the United States.

One of the main messages from both reports is that in Europe, “for most cancers, survival has increased and between-country survival differences have decreased over time,” notes an accompanying commentary by Mike Richards, CBE, from the United Kingdom’s Department of Health. However, the differences between countries are not trivial, and “many more lives could be saved if the outcomes of all countries were brought up to the standards of the best” (ie, Norway, Sweden, and Finland), he comments. The United Kingdom in particular comes out badly in the tables, showing cancer survival rates that are among the worst in Europe. The findings suggest that the national cancer plan for England, which began in 2000, is not working, a second editorial comments.

Survival Rates Significantly Higher in United States Than in Europe

One of the reports compares the statistics from Europe with those from the United States and shows that for most solid tumors, survival rates were significantly higher in US patients than in European patients. This analysis, headed by Arduino Verdecchia, PhD, from the National Center for Epidemiology, Health Surveillance, and Promotion, in Rome, Italy, was based on the most recent data available. It involved about 6.7 million patients from 21 countries, who were diagnosed with cancer between 2004 and 2006.

Survival was significantly higher in the United States for all solid tumors. The greatest differences were seen in the major cancer sites: colon and rectum (56.2% in Europe vs 65.5% in the United States), breast (79.0% vs 90.1%), and prostate cancer (77.5% vs 99.3%), and this “probably represents differences in the timeliness of diagnosis,” they comment.

Further analysis of these figures shows that, in the case of men, more than half of the difference in survival between Europe and United States can be attributed to prostate cancer. When prostate cancer is excluded, the survival rates decreased to 38.1% in Europe and 46.9% in the United States. For women, the survival rate of 62.9% for all cancers in the United States is comparable to that seen in the wealthiest European countries (eg, 61.7% in Sweden, 59.7% in Europe), and the slightly higher survival in the United States was largely due to better survival for colorectal and breast cancer, the authors comment.

Lancet Oncol. Published online December 21, 2008.

A: It really is not a fair comparison. Europe is made up by several countries, we are just one. We have a standard of care which is the same regardless of what state you are in. you cannot expect the standard to be the same in each country the makes up Europe.

The story states it may be due to differences in the timeliness of diagnosis, which may be true. It would be easy enough to figure out, just compare the data by stage.

Q: 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????

A: 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#hoxsey

Q: 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. :(

A: 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.

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

A: 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,

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

A: 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.

Q: Survival rates of cancer in 1971?
Hello, I’m specifically trying to find the survival rate of cancer and specific types as well in the year 1971. The types of cancer include brain cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, etc.

If anyone knows the survival rate of people with cancer in the United States in 1971, please let me know a source of this information.

Thank you very much!

A: That information is not available as The National Cancer Act didn’t become law until 1971.

Q: What are the statistics regarding survival rates for specific diseases between, say, the US and Canada?
How do the survival rates for breast cancer, prostate cancer, heart attack and other common ailments stack up?

I ask because in one country the government is far more involved with health care than in the other.

A: Using heart problems as an example, survival rates in the USA are about 20% better than in Canada. Given the job our government here in the states does running the existing programs, it would be a dangerous thing to let them mismanage health care as well.

Q: 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.

A: do you have a source for that bull-sh*t ??
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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
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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.
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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

Q: When the USA 5 year cancer death rate is higher than socialized medicine, how is that lying?
One poster asked a question about why republicans are distorting the truth about socialized medicine. Here is one fact – Cancer rates in the USA are much higher than in the rest of the world.

Everyone has access to the same drugs and same medical procedures. The question to ask is – why is there a difference between the USA and the rest of the world on cancer survival

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,

The USA and Japan have highest cancer survival rates
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=91106

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716184419.htm

A: Averages are based on percentage of population and by different grading standards. It’s the same as calling us the biggest polluter when actually China and India are but, because their population is higher, they show less “carbon usage” per person! They same “research” probably puts us low in infant mortality rates also because, once again, we grade differently. But if you use as a source someone’s “evidence” who advocates for socialized medicine, I think it may come up a bit BIASED, don’t you?

Q: Since, for example, Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers?
. . . is the Democrats’ preference for THEIR system to cull the population, or what?

The mortality rate for colorectal cancer is about 40 percent higher in Europe and prostate cancer mortality is about 600 percent higher. (not exaggerating)

A: It’s what happens when bureaucrats decide it’s more important to give free asprin to the entire population than to provide chemotherapy, transplants or bypass surgery on demand for the few that really need immediate care.

The Federal Government does nothing well. Why would you want them running your healthcare? They are the problem–not the solution.

Q: Why is the cancer death rate higher in Great Britain than the US?
Could it have anything to do with the extended waiting and rationing of healthcare? Well done, dems… we’re on the way! All Hail 0bamacare!

“The journal Lancet Oncology has reported that American cancer patients live longer than those anywhere else on the globe.

“American women have a 63 percent chance of living at least five years after a cancer diagnosis, compared with 56 percent of women in Europe.

“For American men, the numbers are even more dramatic. Sixty-six percent of American men live five years past a diagnosis of cancer, but only 47 percent of European men do. Of cancers that affect only women, the survival rate for uterine cancer is 5 percentage points higher in the U.S. than the European average, and 14 percent higher for breast cancer. Among cancers that affect only or primarily men, survival rates for prostate cancer are 28 percent higher in the U.S., and for bladder cancer, 15 percent higher.

The British Health Service keeps costs down by rationing care through long waiting lists for service. The Manhattan Institute’s Dr. David Gratzer reports that an estimated 20 percent of British lung cancer patients considered curable when they were first placed on the waiting list for chemotherapy or radiation were incurable by the time they obtained treatment.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/12/are_we_scaremongers_96961.html

A: Socialized medicine.
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