Metastatic prostate cancer: Where secondary tumors form - what the chances of recovery are. Prostate cancer progresses very slowly - metastases do not form for a long time.
It can take up to 15 years for carcinoma to spread from the prostate to other parts of the body. The aim of treating prostate cancer metastases is to halt the progression of the disease for as long as possible and to maintain the patient's quality of life as best as possible. The focus of therapy in an advanced stage of cancer is also to relieve pain.