How long is the survival period of prostate cancer? Is the survival rate of prostate cancer high?

For malignant tumors, the survival period varies from person to person, but prostate cancer is a relatively low-grade tumor, and the patient's survival period is longer than other tumors. From the early oncogene mutation of the prostate to the end of the patient's life, some people can experience 10-20 years or even more than 20 years.

Because there are many treatments for prostate cancer, early prostate cancer can be treated with endocrine therapy. If endocrine therapy is not effective, it is called hormone-resistant prostate cancer and enters the second-line prostate cancer treatment. Currently, there are many drugs, including targeted drugs, chemotherapy drugs, and immune drugs, which are very effective in the treatment of prostate cancer.

On average, if prostate cancer is discovered early, the five-year survival rate after active treatment is very high. If the tumor is discovered late, or if there are already symptoms of metastasis such as bone metastasis or lung metastasis, or if there is local metastasis, lymph node enlargement, or invasion of local surrounding organs, the survival period is relatively short, and even the survival period of very advanced prostate cancer is only 6-12 months.