Comments on: Prostate Cancer stage 6? http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6 Great Information on Prostate Cancer Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeremy http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-960 Jeremy Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:38:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-960 I think there may be possible confusion here because I believe the individual Gleason readings are called 'stage' and the combined readings are called 'score'. JeremyB<br><b>References : </b><br> I think there may be possible confusion here because I believe the individual Gleason readings are called ‘stage’ and the combined readings are called ‘score’.

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]]> By: BSherman http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-959 BSherman Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:55:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-959 There is no such thing as "stage 6" cancer. May I suggest that you consult an appropriate medical reference source to learn more about cancer, it diagnosis, and treatment.<br><b>References : </b><br> There is no such thing as "stage 6" cancer.

May I suggest that you consult an appropriate medical reference source to learn more about cancer, it diagnosis, and treatment.
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]]> By: Wes http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-958 Wes Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:45:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-958 There is no stage 6. You may be confusing stage with Gleason score. 6 is a fairly common Gleason score, not that scary actually. Stage 4 prostate cancer (if that's the case) may be treatable with hormone therapy and/or chemo. In some cases, hormone therapy can stall advanced prostate cancer for many years. (Just visit the Yananow website to meet men who have been living for years with "stage 4".) But with today's medical knowledge, it would not be curable. Sometimes recurrent prostate cancer is called stage V, but this is not the norm. The staging is often expressed in a more nuanced way, the TNM system. For example, mine was T2c--on both sides, extending into but not through the capsule. If, on the other hand, you are talking about Gleason 6, this is usually a curable cancer, but the exact prognostics depend upon more factors than Gleason alone. Check out: http://www.ehow.com/how_5275952_estimate-prostate-cancer-cure-odds.html as well as the references I used, below.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.prostate-cancer.com/prostate-cancer-glossary/stage-T4.html National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/prostate/Patient/page2 WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/guide/prostate-cancer-stages Book: Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer (2007 ed.) There is no stage 6. You may be confusing stage with Gleason score. 6 is a fairly common Gleason score, not that scary actually.

Stage 4 prostate cancer (if that’s the case) may be treatable with hormone therapy and/or chemo. In some cases, hormone therapy can stall advanced prostate cancer for many years. (Just visit the Yananow website to meet men who have been living for years with "stage 4".) But with today’s medical knowledge, it would not be curable.

Sometimes recurrent prostate cancer is called stage V, but this is not the norm.

The staging is often expressed in a more nuanced way, the TNM system. For example, mine was T2c–on both sides, extending into but not through the capsule.

If, on the other hand, you are talking about Gleason 6, this is usually a curable cancer, but the exact prognostics depend upon more factors than Gleason alone.

Check out: http://www.ehow.com/how_5275952_estimate-prostate-cancer-cure-odds.html as well as the references I used, below.
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http://www.prostate-cancer.com/prostate-cancer-glossary/stage-T4.html
National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/prostate/Patient/page2
WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/guide/prostate-cancer-stages
Book: Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer (2007 ed.)

]]> By: gazeygoo http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-957 gazeygoo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:28:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-957 There is no stage 6 in any cancer. Stage 4 is the final cancer, no treatment no prognosis just time to get things in order.<br><b>References : </b><br> There is no stage 6 in any cancer. Stage 4 is the final cancer, no treatment no prognosis just time to get things in order.
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]]> By: april http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-956 april Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-956 There is NO stage 6 cancer of any kind.<br><b>References : </b><br> There is NO stage 6 cancer of any kind.
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]]> By: Steve B http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6/comment-page-1#comment-955 Steve B Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:42:59 +0000 http://prostatecancercommunity.com/blog/prostate-cancer-stages/prostate-cancer-stage-6#comment-955 never hard of stage 6.......maybe 4...............that ain't so good<br><b>References : </b><br> never hard of stage 6…….maybe 4……………that ain’t so good
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