URO TODAY: More US men were diagnosed with prostate cancer at a younger age and earlier stage in 2004-2005 than in earlier years and the racial disparity in cancer stage at diagnosis has decreased statistically significantly over time. READ MORE>
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Younger men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to latest US statistics.
Posted in Age factors, Diagnosis, ETHNICITY, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Young patients, tagged cancer research, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, racuial disparity, URO TODAY, younger prostate patients on September 13, 2009| Leave a Comment »
PROSTATE AGE: Younger and younger men diagnosed with cancer, but survival higher
Posted in Age factors, Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Young patients, tagged Age at diagnosis, better survival, cancer research, diagnosis and age, lower grade cancer, poor prognosis, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, URO TODAY, younger prostate patients on July 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 7: URO TODAY: Age at diagnosis among men with prostate cancer continues to drop, according to new research. READ MORE>
Younger men are more likely to undergo prostatectomy, have lower grade cancer, and, as a group, to have better overall and equivalent cancer-specific survival at 10 years compared with older men.
However, among men with high grade and locally advanced prostate cancer, the youngest men had a particularly poor prognosis compared with older men.
PROSTATE RESEARCH: Young men with advanced cancer die more quickly
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Young patients, tagged advanced prostate cancer, American Cancer Society journal, and End Results (SEER) database, cancer research, E-CANCER MEDICAL SCIENCE, Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, young men with prostate cancer on May 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
MAY 23: E-CANCER MEDICAL SCIENCE: While young men with prostate cancer have a low risk of dying early, those with advanced forms of cancer do not live as long as older men with similar forms of the disease. READ MORE>
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