Auburn coach Freeze has prostate cancer.

[Eurocat]

Good luck coach.

Auburn's Freeze diagnosed with prostate cancer

Auburn coach Hugh Freeze has been diagnosed with prostate cancer but is expected to make a full recovery, the program announced.

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[d'son d]

Good luck. Most men will, develop prostate cancer in their lifetime but die with it, not from it. The options for treatment is large, i.e. surveillance, surgery, radiation, hormones, radiopharmaceutical therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and the newer clinical trials of cryotherapy, focused ultra-sound, photodynamic therapy, proton beam therapy. Mr. freeze has a plethora of options, guided by his stage. So, if one doesn't work the availability of others exist. His making a full recovery suggests an early stage although making a recovery and cure are different.

 

[hdhntr1]

Good luck. Most men will, develop prostate cancer in their lifetime but die with it, not from it. The options for treatment is large, i.e. surveillance, surgery, radiation, hormones, radiopharmaceutical therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and the newer clinical trials of cryotherapy, focused ultra-sound, photodynamic therapy, proton beam therapy. Mr. freeze has a plethora of options, guided by his stage. So, if one doesn't work the availability of others exist. His making a full recovery suggests an early stage although making a recovery and cure are different.

The problem is he is only 55 and the younger you are, the more dangerous generally it is, If you get it at 80 something else will kill you as it is pretty slow growing and you have an average of 10 more years anyway. But at 55 it is much more aggressive (and you are dealing with a remaining life of 25 years so it is much more urgent it be dealt with

 

[dmeinbach]

The problem is he is only 55 and the younger you are, the more dangerous it is, If you get it at 80 something else will kill you as it is pretty slow growing and you have an average of 10 more years anyway. But at 55 it is much more aggressive (and you are dealing with a remaining life of 25 years so it is much more urgent it be dealt with

That's not necessarily the case. If you have a genetically linked form, they can be more aggressive (eg BRACA gene +). However I see many men with low or intermediate grade, small volume disease. They are arguably the more challenging guys to treat because their longer timeline means you can't just blow it off, as it will eventually be a problem. Deciding on the right point at which to intervene vs continuing surveillance can be a difficult decision.

 

[hdhntr1]

That's not necessarily the case. If you have a genetically linked form, they can be more aggressive (eg BRACA gene +). However I see many men with low or intermediate grade, small volume disease. They are arguably the more challenging guys to treat because their longer timeline means you can't just blow it off, as it will eventually be a problem. Deciding on the right point at which to intervene vs continuing surveillance can be a difficult decision.

Everything I have seen indicates that early onset prostate cancer (55 and below) tends to be more aggressive. 5 year survival rates are lower the younger the person is diagnosed. Which makes sense as it tends to be hormone driven and hormones (testosterone) tend to be higher when a person is younger. There are always subsets within any age group that can be more or less dangerous

 

[techtim72]

Could one of the docs here explain the rationale around the lack of testing and physical examination related to prostate cancer? My understanding is that Medicare/Feds aren't fans of the PSA (That may be in part age based.) and the docs aren't fond of doing prostate exams (Difficult and best done by urologists and not GPs.). So how does your average doc know whether to do a biopsy for prostate cancer until your d... falls off? I think probably a third of the men I know including family have had prostate cancer. I am over 70.