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	Nine out of 10 prostate cancer patients survive more than five years, compared to just one in three 40 years ago.</p>
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	As part of the Movember fundraising campaign, the Irish Cancer Society has been looking back on prostate cancer research advances in Ireland.</p>
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	Survival rates have improved tremendously, because of huge strides in the prevention, detection, and treatment of the disease.</p>
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	Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Irish men, accounting for a third of their cases.</p>
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	About 3,400 new cases of the diseases are identified in Ireland every year, due to improved detection.</p>
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	However, more needs to be done to improve survival rates, particularly for men with metastatic prostate cancer.</p>
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	Also, ways need to be found to improve the lives of men who have survived the disease, as they often suffer a reduced quality of life.</p>
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	The Irish Cancer Society and the Movember Foundation Ireland became partners nine years ago to invest in Irish prostate cancer research projects.</p>
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	Consultant medical oncologist, Prof Ray McDermott, said prostate cancer survival rates only showed one side of the journey a patient with the disease travelled.</p>
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	&ldquo;For survivors, their diagnosis and treatment often impact on their physical and mental wellbeing in ways men rarely speak openly about,&rdquo; he said.</p>
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	Prof McDermott is clinical director of the prostate cancer research initiative, iPROSPECT, funded by the Irish Cancer Society in partnership with Movember, to devise personalised treatments and improve patient outcomes.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Examiner on the 11th November 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/90-of-prostate-cancer-patients-alive-after-five-years-430002.html">http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/90-of-prostate-cancer-patients-alive-after-five-years-430002.html</a></p>
