The strategies for the treatment of prostate cancer with bone metastases / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Bone is the most common site for metastasis from prostate cancer, and bone metastases also is one of the main causes for the death of the patients with prostate cancer. Since the patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer still have relatively long survival periods after treatmemt, how to properly choose the treatment option for the metastatic patients is imperative in terms of improvements in both quality of life and life expectation. This paper summary pathophysiology, risk evaluation clinical assessment and the current status of the treatment options of prostate cancer with bone metastases, it also lays out the background for the individualized treatment plan that still needs to be further investigated.