End Stage Prostate Cancer

If prostate cancer is caught before reaching the end stage, then it is often treated very successfully. Treatment has been getting higher and higher success rates within the last twenty years, although it is still not known what causes the cancer and how to prevent it.

However, if the cancer spreads from the prostate gland to the bone then it becomes extremely difficult and often impossible to cure. In this situation treatments are aimed at prolonging life and relieving symptoms rather than curing.

When a cancer reaches its end stage the patient may start to show signs such as weight loss, tiredness and pains in different places. In the case of prostate cancer, this is especially true in the lower back and hips.

Prostate cancer is the second most likely cause of death to a man in cancer related deaths. If left untreated and provided the man does not die of other reasons, it will cause death. As it is a slow developing cancer, in many cases the man may die of other causes before being killed by the cancer. This is especially true as prostate cancer is much more likely to occur amongst older men, and can take 15 years or more to full develop.

If the cancer has reached an un-curable stage, then treatments can be effective at reducing pain and prolonging life, although as has been said once the cancer spreads to the bone it is usually untreatable.

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