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Prostate Cancer Details

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Condace Pressley
@ February 18, 2009 12:19 PM
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(WSB Radio) -- It is estimated that there are more than 2 million American men currently living with prostate cancer.

It is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting 1 in 6 men. A non-smoking man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, bladder, melanoma, lymphoma and kidney cancers combined. In fact, a man is 35% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than a woman is to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Because approximately 90% of all prostate cancers are detected in the local and regional stages, the cure rate for prostate cancer is very high--nearly 100% of men diagnosed at this stage will be disease-free after five years. By contrast, in the 1970s, only 67% of men diagnosed with local or regional prostate cancer were disease-free after five years.

There is no "one size fits all" treatment for prostate cancer, so each man must learn as much as he can about various treatment options and, in conjunction with his physicians, make his own decision about what is best for him.


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    I am 53 years old and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in November of 2008. Like you (Clark) they caught it early. I went to the Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia in Covington (they have several locations) and I just can't say enough good things about them. I'm certainly no celebrity just an average guy but they treated me as if I mattered. After being given several options for treatment, I went with the Radioactive Seed Implants followed by beam radiation. After the seed were implanted I had almost no pain, I did leave the clinic with a catheter but that was removed the next morning. A few weeks later I started receiving the beam radiation, I went every day ( Mon. – Fri.) for 30 treatments which lasted about 15 min. each. I have had no serious side effects from this procedure. I do have an urgency problem with my bladder, when I have to go I have to go NOW and I go about every hour or two and it can be painful if I have to hold it. My doctor says this will pass as my body heals, it’s also painful when I have sex but he says this will also pass in time. I don’t mean for this to sound like a testimonial but I really do think they are the best.
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