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2. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Five-year survival rates range from 30–99%, depending on stage. [1] Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of prostate tissue is usually detected through screening tests, typically blood tests that check for prostate-specific antigen (PSA ...

3. Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a ...

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   In fact, the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer detected early is virtually 100%, Siddiqui says. The outlook for late-diagnosed patients, however, is not nearly as rosy.

4. Active surveillance of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   The rate of death from prostate cancer at 10 years for men age 65–74 years with moderately differentiated cancers (Gleason score 5–7) diagnosed with screening (in the prostate cancer screening era) and pre prostate cancer screening eras (without screening) were from 2-6%, and from 15 to 23%, respectively.

5. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   For men over 64 with prostate cancer limited to the pelvis, using fewer, larger doses of radiation (hypofractionation) results in similar overall survival rates. [28] The risk of dying from prostate cancer or having acute bladder side effects may be similar to that of longer radiation treatment. [28]

6. Doctors Explain What Prostate Cancer Screenings Involve

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   “It's something that you really want to detect early, and with early detection, treatment would be administered earlier, and survival should be at a higher rate,” Dr. Gittens says. Prostate ...

7. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   In the United States there has been an increase in the 5-year relative survival rate between people diagnosed with cancer in 1975-1977 (48.9%) and people diagnosed with cancer in 2007-2013 (69.2%); these figures coincide with a 20% decrease in cancer mortality from 1950 to 2014. [8] Due to innovation in emerging treatments and cancer prevention ...