Prostate Cancer Case Studies -
This is a forum where a bunch of Kiwi guys, who have all survived prostate cancer, get to share their own personal experiences.
They cover a variety of treatments, and their aim is to help others who are faced with the diagnosis and to give useful information about the various treatment options available. This group is not aligned to any cancer support group.
All contributors have had their cancer detected within the last ten years, so the material is relatively current. The site is completely free of any charges, and any material may be reproduced, provided that it is acknowledged and solely intended to promote the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer.
No one practitioner or treatment is recommended.
Medical treatments do evolve over time and treatment varies depending on your diagnosis, age, health and prognosis.
This is a discussion for you to have with your medical advisors - GP, Specialist, Urologist or Oncologist.
All men are encouraged to have a simple blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and a Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) check completed annually.
These should start in your fifties, unless your dad or brother had prostate cancer. In that case testing should start earlier - say in your forties.
In your sixties the checks should be completed more frequently.
It is not only the PSA level you are monitoring, but the rate of change, so keep records. Check with your GP, but please be proactive.
In that way you can become a survivor enjoying a normal life, not another casualty.
Prostate cancer is one of the more curable cancers - but it needs to be detected early.
These case studies have been voluntarily contributed and are privacy protected so that the authors can freely express their own personal experiences.
Contributors are: Lee Burridge, Robin Campbell, Bill Cobb, Trevor Doig, Fred Douglas, Arthur Gatland, Gerry Hogan, Mike Howard, Kevin Mudford, Vern Reynolds, Bob Stevenson and John White.
Should you be a prostate cancer survivor, and wish to contribute your story, do so via our email address with your contact details. This will allow us to follow up with you.
Email: prostatecasestudy@gmail.com
NOT ALL PROSTATE PROBLEMS ARE CANCER
More men die with low grade prostate cancer
than die because of it
Be very aware that by having an early
'Digital Rectal Examination'
it may save your life
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Prevalence of autopsy-detected prostate cancer is 21% across all ages.
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There is no significant difference between 21st century studies and earlier studies.
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Autopsy-detected incidental prostate cancers are typically small, low grade, and only occasionally locally advanced or metastatic.
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Prostate cancer prevalence increases with age, and is detected in over half of men aged ≥90 years.
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The frequency of high-grade prostate cancer doubles with each increasing 10-year age category.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468294220300605
Enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia)
- It is normal for a man’s prostate gland to enlarge from age 40 years and sometimes this can cause a range of symptoms related to urination. More serious bladder and kidney problems may also develop.
Enlarged prostate is known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia or benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).Various effective treatment options exist to address enlarged prostate, including medical and surgical options. - Up to 50% of New Zealand men have evidence of BPH by age 60 years and this increases to about 90% of men by age 85–90 years.
- An enlarged prostate does not cause prostate cancer. However, prostate cancer can occur in men with an enlarged prostate.
