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September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. As a family caregiver this is the ideal time for you to learn more about this type of cancer and what you can do to help your parent make the decisions about their health that are right for them.<\/p>\n
Some things that you should know about prostate cancer include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 There are approximately 180,890 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed throughout the United States each year
\n\u2022 This number of new cases accounts for nearly 11 percent of all new cancer cases that are diagnosed throughout the United States each year
\n\u2022 Approximately 26,120 people die from prostate cancer in the United States each year
\n\u2022 This number of deaths accounts for 4.4 percent of the deaths due to cancer throughout the United States each year
\n\u2022 Just under 13 percent of men will receive a diagnosis of prostate cancer at some point in their lives
\n\u2022 Nearly 3 million men throughout the United States are currently living with prostate cancer
\n\u2022 The five-year survival rate for prostate cancer is nearly 99 percent
\n\u2022 The five-year relative survival rate for localized prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has not moved from its site of origin, is 100 percent
\n\u2022 Approximately 80 percent of new cases of prostate cancer are localized at diagnosis
\n\u2022 The five-year relative survival rate for regional prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has spread only to the regional lymph nodes, is 100 percent
\n\u2022 Approximately 12 percent of new cases of prostate cancer are regional at diagnosis
\n\u2022 The five-year relative survival rate for unstaged prostate cancer, that is, cancer that does not have a specified stage, is nearly 79.4 percent
\n\u2022 Approximately 4 percent of new cases of prostate cancer are unstaged at diagnosis
\n\u2022 The five-year relative survival rate for distant prostate cancer, that is, cancer that has metastasized, is approximately 29.3 percent
\n\u2022 Approximately 4 percent of new cases of prostate cancer are distant at diagnosis
\n\u2022 Death rates for prostate cancer have been decreasing progressively over the last 10 years, thanks in part to the development of increasingly accurate early detection techniques that allow men to get proper treatment as early in the cancer as possible.<\/p>\n
If your elderly parent has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer, starting senior care for them can be one of the best decisions that you can make to not only help them through this situation, and to make caring for them easier for you as well. A senior home care services provider can be with your aging loved one on a customized schedule to offer an approach to care, assistance, and support tailored to their individual needs, challenges, and limitations so that they are able to live the quality of life that they need and deserve as they move through their experience with cancer. This can give you peace of mind that they are getting everything they need to stay healthy, safe, and comfortable even when you are not able to be with them.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/seer.cancer.gov\/statfacts\/html\/prost.html<\/p>\n