Four out of five will survive prostate cancer for at least five years

IRISH TIMES.COM: Four out of every five Irish men diagnosed with prostate cancer will still be alive in five years. READ MORE> Improvements in survival rates are being attributed to increased screening, better surgery and multidisciplinary care.

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How come NZ death rate from prostate cancer is six times higher than in the US?

PROSTABLOG NZ: If only 3% of US men diagnosed with prostate cancer die, what’s happening in NZ, where the proportion is 20%? The 3% figure pops up in Mike Scott‘s latest discussion on PSA testing for prostate cancer, when he says: …the number of men in America who die of prostate cancer today is believed [...]

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How long will a patient survive if his prostate cancer comes back?

NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: How long have you got to live if your prostate cancer spreads after initial treatment? We have been told that the median survival of a man diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer today may be as much as 5-6 years, but actual data to support this belief are very hard to come by, [...]

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If you’re poor you have a bigger chance of dying from prostate cancer, say Swiss researchers

URO TODAY: Patients of low socio-economic class were found to be at increased risk of dying as a result of their prostate cancer, say Swiss researchers.

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Prostate cancer survival among NZ patients improved 12% in the seven years to 2006

PROSTABLOG NZ: The survival rate for prostate cancer patients in NZ increased more than 12% in the seven years to 2005, according to the Ministry of Health.

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Higher your income, the better your chances of surviving prostate cancer

HULIQ NEWS: Prostate cancer patients of low socio-economic status are more likely to die than patients with higher incomes, according to a new study from Swiss researchers.

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Men have much better prostate cancer survival rate now, compared to 20 years ago

URO TODAY: US men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the early 1990s have had significantly better survival rates compared with patients diagnosed in prior decades.

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Older you are the better chance of surviving prostate cancer, says French study

URO TODAY: The five-year survival rate for prostate cancer patients differs according to age at diagnosis, increasing from 70% in men age under 55 years at diagnosis to 83% in men age over 65 years, according to a French study.

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Leading Kiwi scientist will test his own prostate cancer treatment discovery on himself

AUGUST 2: PROSTABLOG NZ: A leading NZ scientist has discovered a novel compound he believes will suppress the prostate cancer that is killing him.

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Some ifs and buts about new study showing good survival rate among men newly diagnosed with low, intermediate risk prostate cancer

JULY 29: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: There are some important limitations to conclusions drawn from a new study that suggest a low death rate among men newly diagnosed with low- or intermediate-risk localised prostate cancer.

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