How long can a man of 70 live with stage 4 prostate cancer and gleason score of 9 with treatment?

Question

72 yrs old male. With stage 4 Gleason score 9

Bi opcy positive. Cemo pills and soon radiation treatment.

Want to get affairs in order.

How much time approximitly do I have ?

Answer 1

Can you provide additional information? 

There are a number of factors that can influence survival rates, particularly for men with advanced prostate cancer. These can include:

• Stage of cancer
• Race
• Age
• Disease progression
• Tumor grade
• Disease recurrence
• Smoking

As you can see from the table above, your time depends on whether your prostate cancer has spread. For example, if the prostate cancer is confined to the prostate (localized), then you have nearly 100% chance of surviving at least 5 years. This is also true if your prostate cancer has spread to surrounding organs, such as the bladder or the rectum. However, if your prostate cancer has spread distantly, such as spread to the bones, the lungs, the brain, then you have only 31% chance of surviving 5 years.

Answer 2

Since you are at stage 4, it means that your prostate cancer is "distant". You can see from the chart above that your chance of surviving for 3 years after diagnosis is 15.2%. Your chance of surviving for 5 years is merely 9.3%