Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
What is the life expectancy of a person with multiple bone metastases from prostate cancer?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
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.
Answered 3/6/2017
6.3k views
Can be years: When prostate acncer spreads to the bones and is sensitive to current treatments such as hormonal therapy, once can survive for years. Treatment includes hormonal injections, hormonal pills, removal of both testes, or or a medication called ketoconazole.
Answered 2/5/2018
6k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Dad is 68, recently diagnosed with advaced prostate cancer with skeletal bone metastasis. What kind of hormone therapy shall he use?
7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Dad has advanced prostate cancer with bone metastasis. After orchirectomy, psa down from 270 to 10. Shall he start zometa or xgeva (denosumab)? Which is better?
6 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
A member asked:
My grandfather 94yrs old having prostate cancer and also has metastasis in pancrease (pancrelipase) and bones. Treatment options?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
My dad is 68 years old. Recently, he was dignosed with advanced prostate cancer with skeletal bone metastasis. What kind of hormone therapy shall he use? Is orchiectomy ok?
6 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
A member asked:
What does the pain from bone metastases feel like what other symptoms are there and any specific to metastases from breast cancer?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
Treatments for prostate cancer with bone metastasis?
Advanced prostate cancer with bone metastasis prognosis?
What is the prognosis prostate cancer with metastasis in the bones?
For treatment of bone metastasis associated with prostate cancer, is xgeva (denosumab) a better one compared to zometa? How much does xgeva (denosumab) cost?
What do you suggest if my grandfather 94yrs old having prostate cancer and also has metastasis in pancrease (pancrelipase) and bones ,?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
