Compare Prostate Cancer Treatments – Low Risk

Who Remained Prostate Cancer Free?

More than 80% of all Low Risk patients will do well with any treatment without fear of recurrence or their cancer returning. However, when selecting a course of action, consultations are recommended with a urologist or surgeon, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist. Different treatments have different results and side effects. It is important to understand the potential impact each treatment can have on your quality of life after treatment.

When comparing treatments, it is important to understand how effective the treatment or combination of treatments, are in keeping patients in remission. Prostate cancer recurrence is determined by periodic monitoring or testing PSA levels, following treatment. If you remain in remission for 10-15 years after prostate cancer treatment, it is very unlikely that the cancer will ever return. Click on 'Get the Study', to obtain your copy of Foundation's work. Share the Study with your Doctor as you choose your treatment plan. 

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Low Risk is the following:

PSA less than 10

Gleason Score is less than 7

Clinical Stage is T1c to T2a

  HIFU
  Seeds
  EBRT
  HDR









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HIGH RISK

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INTERMEDIATE RISK

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How to Use the Graph
Add or remove treatment options above, using the checkboxes, for example Surgery vs Seeds. Percent PSA Progression Free is represented by the the vertical axis. The bottom axis of the graph tracking time in years, in this case up to 16 years. Circles, triangles, diamonds or squares on the graph each represent a treatment study with a different number of patients. The midpoint of the ellipse shows on average how the patients responded to a that treatment. The direction of the ellipse, shows how the patients trended over time.
About the Data
Percent PSA Progression Free control results are the most sensitive means to measure initial treatment success and are used in these comparisons. A PSA Progression Free of 100% would mean that for all patients, the cancer has not returned, and no follow up treatment was necessary. These graphs are cancer control probabilities and not survival graphs. Survival in all groups is high regardless of treatment, as patients can often live for years despite failure of the initial treatment. Cancer control is the focus of this analysis. The longer a treatment can maintain a PSA Progression Free close to 100%, the more effective the Treatment. Each treatment ellipse is mathematically calculated to help you visualize how the patients are doing with the selected treatment.

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Compare Prostate Cancer Treatment Tutorial

This tutorial will lead you through the process of comparing prostate cancer treatment outcomes across low, intermediate and high risk patients. The treatments included in this study are Prostate Surgery or Prostatectomy, (Retropubic, Laparoscopic, and Robotic), Brachytherapy or Seeds, High Dose Rate Radiation, HDR, External Beam Radiation Therapy or EBRT, Androgen Deprivation Therapy, ADT, or Hormone Treatment, Proton Therapy, High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, HIFU, Cryotherapy, Cryo and Hypo-Fractionated External Beam Radiation Therapy. For more advanced prostate cancer, treatments are combined to increase effectiveness. 

Remission versus Recurrence?

Relapse of prostate cancer is way more common than you might think. Many men treated for prostate cancer have their cancer return, which can lead to a lifetime of treatment. Prostate Cancer Free studies treatment outcomes documented in "The STUDY", recently updated for 2021. Take this Study to your doctor, and discuss your chance of cancer recurrence. The Study is available with the new, just released booklet, to help you learn about prostate cancer. Both the Prostate Cancer Free Study and the booklet, “What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer” are available NOW for you to VIEW, PRINT or DOWNLOAD.

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