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PProstate cancer survivors live longer than men without the disease – if symptoms are detected early, new figures show.
According to experts, statistics suggest that a diagnosis of the disease could be a "wake up call", as these patients are more likely to monitor their own health and try to improve their lifestyle.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are the first robust estimates showing how survival to a range of cancers varies depending on when it is diagnosed.
When prostate cancer was detected early in stage 1, men had a five-year survival rate 0.5% higher than that of men of the same age in the general population.
Overall, the numbers show that cases diagnosed at stages one and two now reach a five-year survival rate of 100%.
Even when the disease was identified in stage 3, the five-year survival rates are now 96.5%, according to the numbers, with a survival rate of only 47.7% among those diagnosed later.
Overall, the figures show that survival of the disease at all stages increased from 80.2% in 2006 to 87.1%.
It follows a series of breakthroughs in the treatment of advanced disease, as well as efforts to diagnose prostate cancer earlier.
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