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My aunt was recently diagnosed with Colon Cancer. I really don’t know too much about it. What is the survival rate? Is it usually treatable as far as cancer goes? I welcome any comments from surivors or people with relatives with cancer or anyone really. Thanks in advance.

If the tumor is confined to the colon, it’s actually very easy to deal with nowadays. A surgeon can simply remove the affected length of colon (it’s just a big tube) and sew the ends together, and your aunt will be good as new! (almost).

The prognosis is not so good if it has spread to other places, but cancer has become much more of a treatable disease in the last few years.

My best wishes to your aunt. I hope she doesn’t smoke, and is improving her diet.

I’m sorry that I can’t phrase that a little bit less harsh, but I have recently found out someone that I know has stage II colon cancer. He has had surgery and is in round 2 of a six month chemo treatment. Will my friend survive? For how long?

Most cancers are measured in survival 5-year survival rates. This is the percentage of people alive 5 years after being diagnosed with the same kind and stage of cancer. Stage 2A colon cancers have a 5-year survival rate of 80% and 2B has a 75% survival rate. Long term survival depends on how well they respond to treatment. If is not uncommon for some cancers such as breast cancer or melanoma to recur 10-15 years later. This is not the case with colon cancers when they recur it is usually within 2-4 years.

What happens if testicular cancer spreads to lungs and liver?
Whats the treatment if any?
Chance of survival?
For a 17 year old boy.

hope a good specialist in the field is looking after the boy.

Since it has spread to distant organs treatment has to be fast and intensive with a multi-pronged approach of drugs, radiotherapy and surgery as well.

u pl get pronto to the best specialist u can get and and do not delay treatment.
survival depends on the type of cancer, extent of spread and response to treatment.

wish the boy all the best.

Surgical Footage and the Weill Cornell Athermal Robotic Technique. Nerve-Sparing Robotic Radical Prostatectomy. Part 5 of 6.

http://www.cornellroboticprostate.org

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And what about for longer periods? Also, what percentage of men become impotent, incontinent, or otherwise impaired? Do younger men (under 45) have different risk rates or different prognoses? And what’s treatment like? What kind of support is most helpful?

I have a friend who may have it.

Prostate Cancer, is typically one of the slower growing cancers. I’ve known older men, who have had the cancer for more than ten years.

The survival rate for Prostate Cancer depends on several things: 1) Getting treatment for it? ie. medication, surgery etc. 2) Age of the man 3) Other health issues.

Because Prostate Cancer IS a slower growing cancer, younger males who can be diagnosed much earlier, have a much better prognosis for treatment and cure. The Screening and treatment of all cancers has improved over the past ten years, so that we a re catching and treating cancer so much earlier than we ever did before. If your friend has the earlier stage (stage 1 or 2) of the cancer, his prognosis with treatment is pretty good.

Included below is a link to the prostate cancer foundation. you should be research and find answers most, or all of your questions there. Much luck to you, and to your friend.

Surgical Footage and the Weill Cornell Athermal Robotic Technique. Nerve-Sparing Robotic Radical Prostatectomy. Part 4 of 6.

http://www.cornellroboticprostate.org

email: ash.k.tewari@gmail.com

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Cancer Survival Rates Improving Across Europe, But Still Lagging Behind United States

Zosia Chustecka
Information from Industry

October 15, 2008 — New reports from EUROCARE suggest that cancer care in Europe is improving and that the gaps between countries are narrowing. However, comparisons with US statistics suggest that cancer survival in Europe is still lagging behind the United States.

One of the main messages from both reports is that in Europe, "for most cancers, survival has increased and between-country survival differences have decreased over time," notes an accompanying commentary by Mike Richards, CBE, from the United Kingdom’s Department of Health. However, the differences between countries are not trivial, and "many more lives could be saved if the outcomes of all countries were brought up to the standards of the best" (ie, Norway, Sweden, and Finland), he comments. The United Kingdom in particular comes out badly in the tables, showing cancer survival rates that are among the worst in Europe. The findings suggest that the national cancer plan for England, which began in 2000, is not working, a second editorial comments.

Survival Rates Significantly Higher in United States Than in Europe

One of the reports compares the statistics from Europe with those from the United States and shows that for most solid tumors, survival rates were significantly higher in US patients than in European patients. This analysis, headed by Arduino Verdecchia, PhD, from the National Center for Epidemiology, Health Surveillance, and Promotion, in Rome, Italy, was based on the most recent data available. It involved about 6.7 million patients from 21 countries, who were diagnosed with cancer between 2004 and 2006.

Survival was significantly higher in the United States for all solid tumors. The greatest differences were seen in the major cancer sites: colon and rectum (56.2% in Europe vs 65.5% in the United States), breast (79.0% vs 90.1%), and prostate cancer (77.5% vs 99.3%), and this "probably represents differences in the timeliness of diagnosis," they comment.

Further analysis of these figures shows that, in the case of men, more than half of the difference in survival between Europe and United States can be attributed to prostate cancer. When prostate cancer is excluded, the survival rates decreased to 38.1% in Europe and 46.9% in the United States. For women, the survival rate of 62.9% for all cancers in the United States is comparable to that seen in the wealthiest European countries (eg, 61.7% in Sweden, 59.7% in Europe), and the slightly higher survival in the United States was largely due to better survival for colorectal and breast cancer, the authors comment.

Lancet Oncol. Published online December 21, 2008.

It really is not a fair comparison. Europe is made up by several countries, we are just one. We have a standard of care which is the same regardless of what state you are in. you cannot expect the standard to be the same in each country the makes up Europe.

The story states it may be due to differences in the timeliness of diagnosis, which may be true. It would be easy enough to figure out, just compare the data by stage.

I have just been diognosed with prostate cancer. My urologists recommended treatment is: radiation, implant radioactive seeds and hormone therapy. Reason for this as the only treatment is: aggressive high grade cancer, Gleason’s combined score 9 (4+5). perineul invasive adenocarcinoma is present.

My PSA has been 4.2+ for several years. I am now 66 years old & I do not understand why a biopsy was not done before now. I trusted the doctors to make informed decisions for me.

The main reason I’m asking is I’m a caregiver for my wife who has M.S.

What are the survival rates for this cancer in this stage????

Sorry for your situation. I’m going to be blunt–if you rely on your oncologist to save you, you are between a rock and a hard place. He can’t do anything for you, except make you weaker–but there’s a lot you can do for yourself.

Five hundred years ago, people said the world was flat. Today, people say that if the FDA and AMA haven’t blessed something, it can’t be real good. Well, here’s something I know to be real AND good. It’s a little different take on cancer treatment–

In 1990, I had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I’ve survived. My doctors were great people, but they were limited to surgery, chemo and radiation by profitable AMA treatment policy. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine. I’m a retired engineer, and this is what I’ve pieced together–our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common STRESSORS. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor. So this means:

WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.)

Our bodies have 60 trillion–yes, trillion–cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won’t do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world, and there are some great books on the subject. I know because I’ve read about 50 of them from cover to cover. Here’s a list of the best ones. Some are out of print and getting hard to find–

"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide–Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer–Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518

I know of people whose cancer has ‘spontaneously remitted’ (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems.

You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I’m not selling anything–just trying to help.
I am using the things I learned in those books right now to fight off a second infestation of cancer. I’ve been at it for over a year now, and think I’m going to make it. Use what works for you, and pass on your success. Best of luck.
Watch the film at this website–

http://www.altcancer.com/vidgal.htm#hoxsey

and now we want THAT sort of healthcare structure here. The reason the survival rate is lower is because you are put on a "list" and it takes much longer to get treatment. By the time you get treatment it will be too late.
Is this what we want in this country?
I dont need to have a source…I LIVED over there for two years and saw it first hand. google it if you do not believe me.
BTW, MANY more women die of breast cancer overseas than here.
Europe is NOT a single country. I lived over there in one of the northern countries so I know this better than you do.
I lived in Amstrdam and my in-laws who live there now told me this. They have a friend with prostate cancer and he was given survival rates for westeran europe (generalized)…we were talking about it over the phone over the weekend.

do you have a source for that bull-sh*t ??
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look…

http://www.medicine.org/profiles/blogs/us-vs-british-health-care

using sources is fun And easy !

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/05/26/britain-says-health-service-is-splendid-thank-you-very-much/

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/05/fox-news-universal-health-care-breeds-terrorists/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1566393/the_united_states_vs_foreign_health.html?cat=5

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okay, after doing some looking I see that your using HALF-Truths.
Eastern European Countries do bring the % down !
but.. I think you should use countries like Sweden, Norway, France, Canada, Japan, Etc. when your going to compare.

I don’t think a U.S. Nationalized Health Care System would end up being like one in the countries of Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine or Romania.
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Here it is !! ( I found it for You )
The CONCORD study

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BreastCancer/10155

It shows what you would expect !!
The U.S. scores high for cancer survival WITH countries like Sweden, Japan, Finland, and Australia
(unless your Black !)
Countries that scored lower – Brazil & Slovakia
Country that totally sucked – Algeria

(Prostate Cancer Options) Survivor- (Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment) Alternative – Real Story
http://vci.org . A real story, a prostate cancer patient tells his experience from the moment he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and offered to have his prostate removed (prostatectomy), he followed his intuition and refused that surgery, and after a thorough research with friends and the internet, he found the Hyperthermia treatment offered at Valley Cancer Institute, a better option for his situation.
He thought: “there has to be a somebody in the US who does the Hyperthermia treatment that clinics in Germany do”, and by searching in the internet he found Valley Cancer Institute
Prostate Cancer Treatment – National Cancer Institute
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of prostate cancer.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/prostate/patient

Treatment Choices for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer – National …
This booklet describes the treatment choices available to men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. NIH Publication #05-4659.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prostate-cancer-treatment-choices – Cached – Similar –

http://www.cancer.gov

Prostate Cancer Treatment Options — familydoctor.org
Information about prostate cancer treatment options from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
http://familydoctor.org/online/…/home/…/cancer/treatment/264.html

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