The Prostate Clinic

Finding out you or a loved one has prostate cancer can be devastating, but with the advancement of modern medicine there is hope. Prostate cancer treatment consists of a variety of options; from chemotherapy to radical prostate surgery. The type of prostate treatment will depend on how advanced the cancer is.

Chemotherapy is often the most successful at treating cancer and is considered to be a salvage treatment. One of the newest forms of prostate cancer treatment is cryosurgery. This is also called cryotherapy and is a fairly invasive procedure. During this prostate treatment, cycles of freezing and thawing occur, in order to destroy the disease.

Watchful waiting is another option that some people decide to try. Instead of moving on with the prostate treatment of cancer, there is a decision to delay. The cancer’s progress is carefully monitored to see how fast it is advancing. If many forms of treatments have been performed and proved unsuccessful, prostate surgery is usually imminent.

Radical prostatectomy is the procedure used to remove the entire prostate gland and lymph nodes. The benefits of this surgery are that few risks occur if the patient is in good health. Returning to work can be done after about one month from this form of prostate cancer treatment. Some of the side effects that might occur after prostate surgery include; pain, bleeding, inability to urinate, pain when urinating, and infertility.

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