PCa Deaths by Country

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Steve Kramer - 22 Oct 2006 00:25 GMT

My US TOO group's newsletter has an interesting table on the number of
Breast Cancer (BCa) and PCa deaths per 100,000 in 50 countries.

http://pcngcincinnati.org/2006/2006_10.htm

US is 28th in PCa, CA 25th, AU is 22nd and UK is 21st. It's so nice to be
average.

US, CA, AU and UK do worse with BCa at 18th, 11th, 22nd, and 6th!
(respectively).

There are other interesting (an probably useless) facts. Uganda is the
worst for PCa, yet one of the best 17 in BCa. Other countries you don't
want to vacation in if you have PCa are Norway, Sweden, Cuba, and Zimbabwe,
as they round out the worst five.

If you have breasts, don't go to Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland, Hungary
or New Zealand.

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PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46
Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c
RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins
PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05,
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John Loomis - 22 Oct 2006 01:33 GMT

Hello Steve,
Is CA Calif?
I see you are doing the battle.
I am behind you all the way. Keep fighting.
John Loomis RP 1999 a survivor, and still counting......@ age 49
Your friend.

> My US TOO group's newsletter has an interesting table on the number of
> Breast Cancer (BCa) and PCa deaths per 100,000 in 50 countries.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> If you have breasts, don't go to Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland,
> Hungary or New Zealand.

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Steve Kramer - 22 Oct 2006 03:44 GMT

> Hello Steve,
> Is CA Calif?

United Sates, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. The only state data I
have is Ohio and it's the same as the U.S. I guess I overdid it with the
abreviations.

> I see you are doing the battle.

I'm doing what I can, John, but I'm pragmatic enough to know that it's the
work of others that will make or break me in the in end. I walk, take the
currently accepted supplements, and take whatever medications good people
have developed for us. And, I try to stay up with the treatments in the
offing. In the end, I think people will agree I didn't give in easily.

> I am behind you all the way. Keep fighting.
> John Loomis RP 1999 a survivor, and still counting......@ age 49
> Your friend.

Thanks. And thank you for sticking around to help those of us that didnt't
draw as good a hand as you. You do a whole lot of reading for someone who,
every year, seems to have less need for our support. I want you to know
that I (and I think we) appreciate yours.

>> My US TOO group's newsletter has an interesting table on the number of
>> Breast Cancer (BCa) and PCa deaths per 100,000 in 50 countries.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> If you have breasts, don't go to Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland,
>> Hungary or New Zealand.

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Leonard Evens - 22 Oct 2006 15:17 GMT

> My US TOO group's newsletter has an interesting table on the number of
> Breast Cancer (BCa) and PCa deaths per 100,000 in 50 countries.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> want to vacation in if you have PCa are Norway, Sweden, Cuba, and Zimbabwe,
> as they round out the worst five.

All these figures have to be read with more than a grain of salt. First
of all, if men generally don't live as long, they are less likely to die
of prostate cancer. In addition, the cause of death is not necessarily
reported with equal accuracy in different countries. I do think the
signficantly lower death rates for prostate cancer in Asian countries
like Japan with high standards of living and good medical care do
represent significant diffrences.

> If you have breasts, don't go to Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland, Hungary
> or New Zealand.

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Steve Kramer - 22 Oct 2006 16:18 GMT

>> There are other interesting (and probably useless) facts. Uganda is the
>> worst for PCa, yet one of the best 17 in BCa. Other countries you don't
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> of prostate cancer. In addition, the cause of death is not necessarily
> reported with equal accuracy in different countries.

I concur. I almost added "weekend humor" to the Subject line. I consider
the "infant mortality rate" to be similarly, and maybe even more
exaggeratedly, flawed.

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