A new breakthrough changes the lives of thousands of men!

Scientists have made remarkable scientific advances that could change the lives of thousands of men with prostate cancer.

Men can see their likelihood of dying in the next 10 or 15 years and the effect of treatment on improving survival.

Scientists have developed a computer questionnaire that makes it easier to decide what treatment to take. The test, which only takes a few minutes, offers the advantage of knowing the risks of death from prostate cancer or other diseases over the next 10 or 15 years.

Then, men can see a graph showing their increasing chances of survival after treatment.

The results are based on the medical examination, age and stage of the cancer, which also allows us to know the risks of erectile dysfunction.

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"We believe that this tool can dramatically reduce the long period of potentially dangerous treatment," said Dr. Vincent Gennanabragasam of the University of Cambridge, who contributed to the development of the questionnaire.

The new questionnaire proved to be 84% accurate in predicting the chances of death of men from disease or other causes. The new test was compared to the medical records of more than 10,000 British patients with prostate cancer and 2,546 patients in Singapore.

The computer algorithm only relies on ten questions: men present their actual age, clinical stage of cancer, their strength, the results of medical tests, as well as to know if they have been hospitalized recently.

"To our knowledge, this is the first tool dedicated to the comprehensive assessment of men's survival rate," said Dr. David Thorntal, a University Researcher in Urology at the University of Cambridge, who led the research of the prostate questionnaire PREDICT published in PLOS One. We hope to provide a more accurate and objective assessment to help men make an informed decision to talk to doctors. "

The risk of death from prostate cancer can be reduced if development is slow.

Source: Daily Mail