Hi

I am sure more people will come on and give you better answers but in my understanding it means that they can control the spread and slow down the growth of the tumour (lump or abnormal cells) but they can't take it away. This might be where it is or the fact it has spread too far. If it's manageable it means that treatment will keep it at bay and this can be for many years. I have a friend who has a tumour I. His brain and they have managed that successfully for 5 years. He had some drugs initially and now is scared regularly to check growth.

I hope this answers some of your questions hopefully someone going through this will answer soon with more details.

take care and I am sure your friend will be happy to discuss things with you when she's ready. It helped me to get my head around my diagnosis talking to friends .

xxx

Thanks so much. 
 

I appreciate you taking the time to respond. That's helped a great deal. I believe she is seeing the oncologist tomorrow so may have more information then. X 

Hi it's basically classed as uncurable , you can have treatment to help with things but it cannot be cured .

I've got prostate cancer gone to lymph nodes spine ribs pelvis and a lung,i was diagnosed Feb 2016 im on permanent hormone therapy and some chemotherapy at beginning.

Hope this helps you.

Billy