Question 1

what is the life expectancy of a person with multiple bone metastases from prostate cancer?

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Can be years: These patients can survive years, depending on if they don't have other organ involvement also if they are responsive to hormone treatment.

Question 2

how long can you live with multiple bone metastases from cancer?

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Depends: What type of cancer? How aggressive is the tumor? How responsive to chemo & radiation therapy? Is there liver involvement? Any mets to the brain? Could be months, years, decades. Ain't over til it's over! (yogi berra).

Question 3

what does the pain from bone metastases feel like what other symptoms are there and any specific to metastases from breast cancer?

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When expanding: pain associated with  osseous metastasis is common.  For the most part the small lytic lesion associated with breast metastasis is aymptomatic until the lesion enlarges and expands rib or vertebral body so there is stretching of the periosteum. Percussion  over site can initiate symptoms which respond to  chemo and RT-now localized cyberknife treatment.

Question 4

my aunt is recently diagnosed with secondary bone metastases from breast cancer, which sounds really bad?

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Not curable but ...: Any instant metastasis qualifies as stage IV disease and is no longer considered curable but is manageable. With the many options for metastatic management, time is now years instead of months especially if bone only and er+   also, palliative targeted XRT may have a role for pain control.

Question 5

what can we expect from a stage 4 lung cancer patient with bone metastases- what can be done in case all treatments are ruled out?

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Biomarkers in lungCA: For stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer -- specifically adenocarincoma -- i would check the biomarkers alk and egfr. The response rate with oral drugs for those targets is ~80% vs. 20% with chemo. Bone mets can be treated with bisphosphonate (zometa) or Denosumab (xgeva). Palliative care provided early has a survival benefit. Ref: temel et al. Nejm http://www.Nejm.Org/doi/pdf/10.1056/nejmoa1000678.

Question 6

advanced prostate cancer with bone metastasis prognosis?

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Depends: If the prostate cancer is still responsive to androgen deprivation therapy (adt), which is chemical elimination of testosterone, the patient might have many many years of quality life.  If there are bone metastasis and the disease is no longer treatable by adt, life expectancy with adjunctive chemotherapy is 18 - 24 months typically.

Question 7

treatments for prostate cancer with bone metastasis?

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Many: The first line of treatment for this is androgen deprivation. In addition, there are medicines which reduce the risk of fractures with Denosumab showing the most efficacy compared to zoledronic acid, however with some risk of significant side effects. For more extensive disease, a newer IV radium therapy has shown improved survival. Localized radiation can be effective for painful foci.

Question 8

what is the prognosis prostate cancer with  metastasis in the bones?

Accepted Answer

Poor: Metastatic prostate cancer, like other disseminated cancers has poor prognosis.  However quality of life can be improved through proper pain managment and hormonal/chemo/radiation therapy.

Question 9

for treatment of bone metastasis associated with prostate cancer, is xgeva (denosumab) a better one compared to zometa? how much does xgeva (denosumab) cost?

Accepted Answer

Slightly better: Xgeva (denosumab) does have some advantages over zometa: quicker administration and no kidney side effects. It is associated with fewer bone complications from cancer than zometa. On the other hand, zometa is now generic, meaning that is a lot cheaper. Neither is a curative treatment for prostate cancer and they are both considered adjunct treatments. Thes small differences   may or may not justify its use.

Question 10

dad is 68, recently diagnosed with advaced prostate cancer with skeletal bone metastasis. what kind of hormone therapy shall he use?

Accepted Answer

Multiple available: There are multiple hormonal and non-hormonal therapies available. Your dad desperately needs a visit to a urologist and a cancer specialist, and maybe a radiotherapist. Get him in for a visit quickly!

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