Cancer Statistics - September 10th, 2009 - 2 Comments
how is prostate cancer survival rate?
is there any blog that gives the prostate cancer info about prostate cancer survival rate?
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Before I give you some numbers, let me just start by explaining what prostate cancer survival rates are. Well, prostate cancer survival rates indicate the percentage of people with a certain type and stage of prostate cancer who survive the disease for a specific period of time after their diagnosis. In most cases, the statistics refer to the 5-year prostate cancer survival rate. This is the percentage of people who are alive 5 years after a prostate cancer diagnosis, whether they have few or no signs or symptoms of prostate cancer, are free of disease, or are having treatment.
Let me warn you though that prostate cancer survival rates are based on large groups of people and cannot be used to predict what will happen to a particular patient. This is because no two patients are ever exactly alike, and prostate cancer treatment and responses to treatment vary greatly.
Now let’s go to some numbers. According to the American Cancer Society, the latest estimates show that about 192, 280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 27,360 men will die because of prostate cancer. In fact, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer.
With regards to survival rates, figures show that for all men with prostate cancer, the relative 5-year survival rate is nearly 100% and the relative 10-year survival rate is 91%. The 15-year relative survival rate though is just about 76%.
Hope that answers your question.
There are a lot of blogs available on the web. But let me just share this with you. You see, surprisingly, prostate cancer has a high survival rate compared to other forms of cancers. The overall 5 year survival rate for prostate cancer for example is at 100%. This rate however goes down as time passes. The 10 year survival rate for instance is 92% while the 15 year survival rate is 70%. One reason cited for the high rate is that in the United States, it is often detected while the cancer is still localized and contained within the prostate or in nearby areas.
Once the cancer breaches the prostatic capsule though, the survival rate drops sharply. Note that around 46% of patients with metastatic prostate disease die within 22 months of diagnosis. That’s barely two years. The 5-year survival rate? It goes down to 32%.