Prostate cancer treatment

Prostate cancer treatment is often the most effective Hormone therapy. Hormone therapy can be offered as adjuvant (additional) therapy to Prostate surgery or it can be offered as a standalone Prostate treatment. Hormone therapy involves blocking the testosterone that can cells need to go. Hormone therapy can be administered chemically or can be achieved by performing Prostate surgery. Surgical hormone therapy involves surgical removal of the testicles, which produce 90% of the testosterone in the body. Chemical hormone therapy involves having frequent injections to block the bodies production of testosterone. Many men prefer chemical injections to testicle removal, because they are uncomfortable with the idea of permanently losing their testicles.

Hormone therapy tends to be very effective, in the short term, as a Prostate cancer treatment. For many men, the size of the tumor shrinks up to 50% shortly after beginning this form of Prostate treatment. The cancer cells depend on the male hormones to grow, and thus are unable to grow and spread when the access to those hormones is cut off. For this reason, hormone therapy is an especially effective Prostate cancer treatment when the cancer has spread beyond the prostate and the cancer can't be entirely removed by Prostate surgery. However, for many men, hormone therapy tends to stop working after several years and the cancer then either begins to grow and spread, and/or alternative forms of Prostate cancer treatment must be tried.

Hormone therapy can cause impotence in some men, and some men are very uncomfortable with selecting this form of Prostate cancer treatment.
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I Have Prostate Cancer so I am Having a Prostatectomy

When it comes to Prostate cancer treatment, Prostate surgery tends to be one of the most effective long term results. If the prostate cancer has not spread, Prostate surgery can often cure the prostate cancer entirely. In addition, Prostate surgery is recommended because it tends to have a lower chance of recurrence then other Prostate treatment, including radiation and/or chemotherapy. The American Cancer society states that, although other Prostate treatment including radiation can be equally as effective as Prostate surgery in the short term, there is a much higher chance of recurrence with any other form of Prostate treatment.

Prostate surgery generally involves a prostatectomy. This form of Prostate cancer treatment involves removal of the entire prostate gland. Unfortunately, there are some side effects associated with a radical prostatectomy as a form of Prostate cancer treatment. Many men, especially over the age of 50, become impotent as a result of the Prostate surgery. Some men temporarily lose bladder control, although this bladder control can often be recovered after a healing period.

For patients unable to undergo a radical prostatectomy, cyrotherapy is another similar form of Prostate cancer treatment. For patients who receive cyrotherapy, the prostate is frozen instead of removed. This can be an effective Prostate cancer treatment, as the cancer cells die when the prostate is frozen. Although the long term results of cyrotherapy are not as good as the long term results of a prostectomy, this method of Prostate cancer treatment is more effective than many others are at removing prostate cancer cells.