Questions will be answered as quickly as possible. Could you please tell me exactly what this means and if this is somthing that is fast-spreading and how it is usually treated. He has had prostate cancer for five years now and has had all treatments except removal of the prostate. I'm more concerned now with the cancer speading to his spine. Please give me any information you can on treatment and how fast spreading it is and if this is fatal.
Treatment depends upon several factors that mostly involve extent of spinal involvement.
The type and complexity of surgery depends on many factors depending on extent of involvement. Other spread elsewhere needs to be assessed prior to or concurrent with any of the above. As you can see, this is indeed complex and has many variables. Lastly, if the legs begin to lose function, see your doctor, as decisions need to made rapidly as delay may not be recoverable. The fact that prostate cancer has spread to the lumbar spine does not necessarily mean that the spine complications, such as pain, fractures, or muscle weakness, will follow.