What causes 4th stage of metastatic cancer?
Patient: my father is suffering from metastatic cancer,poorly differentiated(4th stage).can you plaese elaborate about this cancer type? is it curable? If yes what should be his best treatments.If not then what is his survival rate?His age is 57 and his weight is 62kg. Doctor: With this information it is impossible to answer your questions. Where is the metastatic cancer and where did it start from. These are the 2 main factors that will determine his outcome. Yes, it is the last stage technically, but in certain cancers, the patient can survive for years with proper treatment. e.g. prostate cancer patients can live as long as 5 years in the last stage. The treatment also depends on the primary site but is mostly based on chemotherapy.