genitourinary disorders
Prostate Cancer
Prognosis for Prostate Cancer
Prognosis for most patients with prostate cancer, especially when it is localized or regional, is very good. Life expectancy for older men with prostate cancer may differ little from age-matched men without prostate cancer, depending on their age and comorbidities. For many patients, long-term local control, or even cure, is possible. Potential for cure, even when cancer is clinically localized, depends on the tumor’s grade and stage. Without early treatment, patients with high-grade, poorly differentiated cancer have a poor prognosis. Undifferentiated prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, and ductal transitional carcinoma respond poorly to conventional therapies. Metastatic cancer has no cure but may be sent into remission for many years using newer therapies. Median life expectancy with metastatic disease is typically 1 to 3 years, with some patients living for many years. 