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What Is The Life Expectancy Of A Person With Prostrate Cancer?
I have a male friend 73 years old has had prostrate cancer approx 4 years it has spread in the last 3 years . He has lost a bone in his leg, has had two tumors in knees now it appears to be in the base of his spine. has lost substantial weight and in great pain. what is his lif expecance he has had chemo and radiation,
Fri, 27 Mar 2015
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I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. He has wide spread metastatic carcinoma. So it is stage 4 of prostate cancer. Surgery will not helpful. Treatment options are chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Despite of treatment prognosis remains very poor. Life expectancy is not good. Onr should not expect much fron this case. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. He has wide spread metastatic carcinoma. So it is stage 4 of prostate cancer. Surgery will not helpful. Treatment options are chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Despite of treatment prognosis remains very poor. Life expectancy is not good. Onr should not expect much fron this case. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.
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