Prostate cancer patients can live longer than healthy ones

The new figures show that men who have been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer may expect to live longer than those who do not.

People diagnosed at the first stage of the disease had a survival rate greater than 0.5% compared to those in the general population.

The results showed that women diagnosed with breast cancer and all adults with skin cancer had the option to remain unchanged after one year if the disease was detected too soon .

Figures from the UK's National Bureau of Statistics are the first detailed estimates showing how survival rates for a number of cancers vary by stage of diagnosis.

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Of the 200,000 people diagnosed with prostate cancer between 2012 and 2016, 30% were in the first stage, compared to 19% in the second stage and about 18% in the third and fourth stages, according to official data.

Survival rates for the first and second stages of the following year were greater than 100%, which means that fewer men with prostate cancer die compared to the general population.

The 5-year survival estimates, more than 100% for stages 1 and 2, with a good third stage survival rate increased by 96.5% and a larger decrease from phase IV to 47.7%, stressing the importance of early diagnosis.

The cause of early diagnosis of prostate cancer and advances in the treatment of advanced diseases, the survival rate at all stages of the disease, rose from 80.2% in 2006 to 87.1%.

Source: Daily Mail