I recently learned that my uncle has prostate cancer with a Gleason Score of 8. He was tested to see whether or not the cancer had spread to his bones and as of now it's in his lymph nodes. He's 60 and Cuban, which would make him black, so I don't know if that will give him a lower survival rate compared to a white male. I just want to know what the survival rate is and chances of recovery.
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One place to check is the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center website. Select prostate cancer in Treatment Information by Cancer and click go. On the right hand side of the prostate cancer page you will see the Prostate Cancer Prediction Tool. Click on more. It will take you to a page which will give you information about the tool. Then click on Open Calculator. You will choose where in the diagnostic/treatment process your uncle is. That will lead you to an appropriate calculator.You will be asked to fill in your uncle's age, PSA, Gleason score etc. and at the end it will tell you the five and 10-year survival probabilities with each method of treatment. The site also has lots of articles.
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