| Next to skin cancer, prostate cancer is
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| | example, Japanese-American men were
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| now the most frequently seen form of
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| | one-third less likely to die as a result
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| cancer in American men and it is
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| | of prostate cancer, while men from South
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| predicted that just about 220,000 men in
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| | Asia (including India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
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| the US will be diagnosed with prostate
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| | Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan) were
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| cancer during 2007 and that some 27,000
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| | forty percent more likely to die from the
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| men will die from the disease.
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| | condition.
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| But, as is the case with many diseases,
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| | So just what does this mean? Well,
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| prostate cancer survival rates are not
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| | unfortunately the answer would seem to be
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| the same around the globe and this should
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| | very little. These variations are
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| provide us with data which will permit us
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| | undoubtedly large enough to be
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| to improve our treatment options.
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| | significant, but the wide variation
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| A recent study examined data on around
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| | between many largely similar groups means
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| 117,000 men with prostate cancer (just
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| | that it is virtually impossible to draw
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| over 108,000 white men and nearly 9,000
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| | any concrete conclusions. Certainly there
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| Asians drawn from the six largest Asian
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| | are a variety of things, such as
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| ethnicities - Korean, Japanese, Filipino,
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| | exercise, diet and genetics, which are a
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| Chinese, South Asian and Vietnamese). The
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| | factor but many of the findings appear to
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| study examined prognostic factors and
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| | be almost contradictory.
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| survival rates for these men.
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| | The result is that, a study which it was
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| Amongst the various findings of the study
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| | hoped would point to differences between
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| it was seen that the risk profile for
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| | ethic groups which would permit us to
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| Asians was worse than that for whites,
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| | improve our treatment options has
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| with Asian men being more likely to
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| | actually produced more questions that it
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| suffer from advanced prostate cancer at
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| | has answered. Actually, aside from
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| the time of diagnosis and of being
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| | exentuating the dangers of drawing
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| treated with a range of non-curative
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| | conclusions from too large a group, as
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| therapies. But, the study also showed
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| | seen in the wide variation in the figures
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| that the survival rates for Asian men
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| | for Asian men in general and men from
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| were either equal to or better than those
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| | just South Asia, the study has shown that
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| seen in white men.
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| | the differences were larger than most
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| These results were particularly
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| | people had thought and therefore suggest
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| surprising when we consider that the age
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| | that these variations might indeed be
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| at which Asian men are diagnosed with
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| | more significant than previously thought.
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| prostate cancer is considerably higher
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| | As things stand, this study does not take
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| than that for white men and that their
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| | us any further forward but has
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| cancer is normally more advanced, which
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| | highlighted the need for further
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| ought to suggest a reduced survival rate.
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| | investigation which will hopefully
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| When the statistics were examined in
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| | provide us with better data and allow us
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| greater detail however it was revealed
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| | to exploit the better survival rates in
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| that there was a significant variation
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| | many Asian men in putting together
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| between different Asian groups. As an
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| | prostate cancer treatment plans.
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