Will 5 years of no recurrence of prostate cancer affect life expectancy?

Prostate cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the urinary system, with a relatively high morbidity and mortality rate. Once the disease develops to the late stage, patients not only have to endure great pain, but also increase the difficulty of treatment due to the complexity of the disease. At this time, the most concerned issue for patients is "how long can I live with late-stage prostate cancer?" Then, it is a very good phenomenon that prostate cancer has not recurred for 5 years.

There is no clear answer to how long patients with advanced prostate cancer can live, which is related to many factors. In general, how long patients with advanced prostate cancer can survive depends on whether the treatment plan is appropriate, as well as the patient's condition, mentality, physical function, etc.
Surgery alone is not enough to treat prostate cancer. Surgery can only remove solid tumors visible to the naked eye. It cannot prevent the metastasis of cancer cells, nor can it eliminate cancer cells in the blood. The main clinical methods for treating advanced prostate cancer are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and traditional Chinese medicine. Chemotherapy is one of the main methods for advanced prostate cancer. It can shrink the tumor to a certain extent, but it will also increase toxic and side effects as the treatment time increases. Therefore, chemotherapy drugs and chemotherapy time should be based on tumor relief, symptom relief, and treatment-related toxicity. Radiotherapy is usually used in combination with chemotherapy, and the effect is better than radiotherapy or chemotherapy alone, but radiotherapy is not very suitable for patients with poor physical function.