Posted on 07/22/2025 2:04:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
New research finds that for people diagnosed with nonmetastatic low-risk prostate cancer later in life, and treated according to NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, 90% were likely to survive their cancer for their remaining life-expectancy.
Of those with nonmetastatic higher-risk cancer and a longer life expectancy, that likelihood was still greater than 65%.
The researchers studied 62,839 people diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer in Sweden between the years 2000-2020. All were placed within a defined risk category, had a life expectancy of more than three years, and were treated according to evidence-based, expert consensus-driven recommendations.
Those with low- and intermediate-risk cancer were six times more likely to die of other causes than prostate cancer. Those with high-risk cancer were still twice as likely to die of other causes.
"If guideline-recommended treatment is used, most people with prostate cancer will live for many years after diagnosis. That includes active surveillance as an excellent treatment strategy for appropriately selected people."
The information came from the National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden. Life expectancy at the time of diagnosis was calculated based on age and comorbidity. Date and cause of death were taken from the Cause of Death Register.
"This study offers a big sigh of relief for many men facing a prostate cancer diagnosis," commented Ahmad Shabsigh, MD.
"It reveals that with NCCN Guidelines-recommended treatment, you're significantly more likely to die from something else—up to six times more likely, in fact—even if your cancer is high-risk.
"What's truly striking is that for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, many of whom were on active surveillance, the 30-year mortality risk from the cancer itself was only about 11%. It really underscores the power of evidence-based treatment plans and the importance of focusing on a person's overall health, not just their cancer."
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I would still get something done, at least, if younger.
I don’t know, I wouldn’t want to risk finding out.
I’m a prostate cancer survivor. The outcome was total healing, but the scars are the cost.
That depends on what is considered "younger."
I was diagnosed with low-grade, Gleason 6 prostate "cancer" at 55. Most doctors would consider that young.
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What about elderly former US Presidents who claim to have aggressive prostate cancer without any proof?
This is the craziest story ever to come out of the White House about a medical condition. It’s unimaginable today that a president would not get a PSA test every year.
They just found suspected Cancer in my MRI. I’LL hope those crazy Swedes are right. I’m 73. I’d like to get another 10 or so.
People? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only 'people' with a prostate are..MEN. It is so hard for some to acknowledge the
most simple of biological facts, and by such obtuseness, appear as clowns on the altar of wokeness.
It seems that the entire medical industry has been infected with anti-medical woke political correctness. That’s one reason I have developed a healthy distrust of anything they say.
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