The downstaging of prostate cancer is due to the increased expertise of surgeons
October 14th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer, prostatectomyA recent study at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, which surveyed almost 13,000 American men who had a radical prostatectomy (surgical removal of a cancerous prostate gland) between 1987 and 2005, found that only 12% of them died of the cancer.
The study team believe that this downstaging of prostate cancer is due to the increased expertise of surgeons, along with improved patient education and public awareness of the disease. Patients are getting screened regularly and working closely with their doctors to monitor their PSA levels and Gleason scores, so doctors are detecting cases in earlier stages, when it’s more organ confined.