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Can prostate cancer ever go into remission?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 29 7:49am | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
"[if] someone caught it early might be cured. similar to breast cancer
Yes, "cured" in the loose sense, which really means "long-term remission with low probability of recurrence" (it's much easier for an oncologist just to say "cured" to a patient 🙂).
Replies to ""[if] someone caught it early might be cured. similar to breast cancer Yes, "cured" in the..."
good point. We dont really cure anything in current medical practice. Mostly just treat. Long term remission is a better term.
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I know you did not tag me but I concur. I have a friend who worked with me back in 1990s that had RP. It is now 2025 and he is cancer free at least from the tests he takes to determine if he cancer.
The only problem with cancer is you can cure the cancer where it was found but you don't know if elsewhere. I think why so important to have test and take action on determining if you have prostate cancer and catch it at the earliest it can be found.
What concerns me is the radiation affects on healthy tissues and organs especially those who had photon radiation of secondary cancers caused by the radiation treatments. My R/O at Mayo said to me "well you would not have to deal with any secondary cancers caused by the raditaion for about 10 years." That response was when I questioned photon versus proton.