| After having found out what is prostate cancer and | | | | invented: conformal radiotherapy and high resolution |
| how it appears, it is now time to see how can this | | | | therapy. |
| disease be treated. | | | | The first can shape the beams of the radiation to |
| The next step after a person has been diagnosed | | | | match the prostate, consequently reducing the risk |
| with prostate cancer, is of course the treatment. | | | | of damaging the other healthy cells surrounding the |
| Depending of the state in which the cancer is, there | | | | organism. The secound has the advantage that the |
| are various treatments. Side-effects often occur in | | | | doctor can dosage himself the radiotherapy given to |
| these kind of cancer treatments, therefor is best to | | | | the pacient. |
| discuss with your doctor the kind which is most | | | | Another solution to fight prostate cancer is by using |
| suted for you. This beefing said, I will now present | | | | brachytherapy. Radioactive seeds are implanted in the |
| some of the ways in which prostate cancer can be | | | | tumor and so the radiation si released in time, |
| treated. | | | | because these seeds have a time expectancy of one |
| For people who have a tumor that is growing slowly, | | | | year. Another way of treatment is by blocking the |
| no treatment is required. It is only necessary to do | | | | action of hormones in a man's body. By doing this |
| routine check up's and monitor closely the cancer, so | | | | you can reduce the growth of the lump, but |
| at a given time, if necessary, to start a treatment. | | | | unfortunately the cancer cells are not distroyed. |
| Next could be surgery, used only on helthy people, | | | | As an alternative, we find the orchidectomy. This is |
| usually under 70, whose cancer hasn't spread. | | | | an operation that removes a pacient's testicles, which |
| Another type of surgery, called prostatectomy, is | | | | are the main testosterone source. But the patients |
| the most used in cases of prostate cancer. This | | | | do not use this treatment very often, preferring to |
| means that the whole prostate is removed, together | | | | take drugs instead if they want to block their |
| with seminal vesicles. | | | | testosterone. |
| Often used in all types of cancer is also the | | | | Until now, I have showed you the ways in which |
| radiotherapy, whose purpose is to destroy the | | | | prostate cancer is treated these days. But more to |
| maliganam cells. This is not very healthy and it may | | | | come are: the surgery by which the patient's |
| often cause side-efects. Given this fact, nowadays a | | | | prostate is freezed with liquid has of the treatment |
| more advanced ways of radiotherapy have been | | | | using high frequency sound waves. |