DUncle on palliative care

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DUncle was diagnosed with prostate cancer some years ago.

DDad is very anti vaxx/ anti meds etc so uncle not to have chemo etc, or scans, I believe under his influence iyswim. I believe he had a scan recently under sedation. I believe it's spread to lymph modes.

I've just heard today that 'the doctors have handed his treatment over to palliative care and he is no longer on his (hormone?) medication.' I've repeatedly asked how long he has left, what's the time frames but I'm being told that doctors no longer give prognoses as 'this can have the opposite effect and people can die sooner than they would have done without a prognosis.' I can't verify this as it's through Ddad who is very anti everything as explained.

I'm just wondering if anyone has been through similar and how long their loved one lived for?

I have had my grandad and great aunt die recently, both from cancer and they were definitely given prognoses but I'm unsure if things have changed in the past few months and doctors no longer give expected time frames.

Sorry for lack of details, as I'm being fed information through the 3rd party and I cannot clarify things myself.

My DF has just died. He had prostate cancer which was being treated with hormone injections for the past 7 years. He had a TURP procedure in May to try to remove the catheter that had been fitted in April but it failed. A scan at the end of July revealed that the cancer had changed and was now a very aggressive form which had spread to the lymph nodes, adrenal glands and brain.

He had 5 days of radiation on his brain and 3 rounds of Chemo. He was too weak for the last round and died very suddenly last week from a suspected blood clot in hospital, almost 3 months after the final diagnosis. They had told us 6-12 months with treatment, much sooner without.