Understanding

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0:32 What makes the difference between a mild and a dangerous prostate cancer case?
4:02 How many people are hormone-resistant from the start of treatment?
6:13 Do Gleason 9 and 10 patients have a 99% survival rate over five years?
7:18 How do you interpret survival projections from doctors?
11:38 Does the severity of lymph node invasion have an effect on survival rate?
12:54 Is cancer that has metastasized in the liver curable?
13:56 What does the average localized prostate cancer timeline look like?
17:03 Alex's conclusions


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