The Five Stages of Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer Staging Guide

In this episode, PCRI Executive Director Mark Scholz, MD Introduces the PCRI Staging System and the 5 Stages of Prostate Cancer.

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Staging is an important component of good prostate cancer care. The PCRI Staging System is a user-friendly way to categorize prostate cancer information. In contrast to other staging systems that are designed for doctors, this staging system helps patients find relevant practical information about which treatments apply to their case. To do this effectively, it is important to learn all the information that pertains to one’s case, and not waste time and energy trying to sort through the overwhelming amount of information that is available. The goal is to help patients get more from their interactions with their doctors by being informed and being able to forge the basics, getting to deeper discussions in less time.

1:18 How to find your stage

The stage is determined by information input into a simple 6 question quiz. The information can be readily found in a patient’s medical records. The key components, are PSA, Gleason Score, Clinical Stage, and Imaging Scans.

Link to the quiz here http://www.prostatecancerstaging.org

3:05 The Five Stages of Prostate Cancer

The Five Stages of Prostate cancer are Sky, Teal, Azure, Indigo, and Royal. Each refers to a specific disease type that behaves radically different from each other. So distinct in fact, that the treatments aren’t even the same. The first 3 stages are newly diagnosed stages. Azure being the stage that behaves most similarly to other cancers. Sky, on the other hand, is scientifically shown not to spread, and thus treatment is too toxic to justify. Teal is in between where treatment may is most likely necessary, although the treatment regimen is typically less intense.

The last two stages, Indigo and Royal refer to PSA relapse after treatment, and advanced cancer respectively. Each has a wide variety of effective treatments

4:05 Conclusion

Staging helps doctors and patients choose a therapy that is effective, without side effects that are excessive for the intended curative outcome.

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