Metastatic prostate cancer is prostate cancer that has spread outside of the prostate to other parts of the body. This is also known as stage IV disease.

At MD Anderson, I treat patients with advanced prostate cancer, most of whom have metastatic disease. A lot of our research is focused on how we can better treat metastatic prostate cancer to improve patients’ results.

Here, I’ll answer common questions I get about metastatic...

From the outside, most people can’t tell that my mom has cancer. She looks great in short hair, stays really active and gets lots of exercise. But the truth is, she has stage IV breast cancer, an advanced form of the disease that has now spread to her bones. Nobody knows how much longer she might live.

It’s really scary to think that my mom’s cancer has no cure. But she’s doing everything she can to fight it — and so am I....