Can prostate cancer be cured?
A. In half or more of patients the cancer is detected at an early stage and treatment is successful for nine out of ten of these cases. The other half of the patients are not diagnosed until the cancer is advanced and has spread. Treatment can give these patients several extra years of life and stop the pain of the disease, but cannot normally cure them.
Prostate cancer is a potentially life-threatening disease. When the cancer is localized (has not spread beyond the prostate), successful treatment is possible, allowing long-term survival and a good quality of life. In other cases, where the cancer spreads to other parts of the body, the outlook is not as favorable. Your own prognosis will depend on your individual case.
