| The greatest fear facing today's man is out of | | | | has relatively few side effects. Unfortunately the |
| prostate cancer. Often equated with a near certain | | | | possible side effects include prostate health problems, |
| death sentence hearing the news that a man has | | | | and sexual dysfunction. |
| prostate cancer will put a dark cloud over his future. | | | | Radical Prostatectomy |
| Like menopause in women, prostate cancer is | | | | Radical prostatectomy's have the highest success |
| something that men dread. It is often seen as being | | | | rate among all prostate cancer treatment options, |
| an inevitable part of aging. Of course, some men are | | | | due to the fact that it calls for the complete removal |
| more susceptible to prostate cancer than others, and | | | | of the prostate. This is a very direct approach, |
| even if a man has prostate cancer there are | | | | however the side effects are more than slightly |
| prostate cancer treatment options available that will | | | | severe. Impotence is nearly guaranteed, and |
| significantly improve the quality of their life, if not | | | | incontinence is also a very realistic outcome. Because |
| completely eradicate the prostate cancer. | | | | of this radical prostatectomy's are not popular among |
| These are some of the more widely known prostate | | | | possible prostate cancer treatment options, and |
| cancer treatment options. | | | | usually only seen as a last resort. |
| Androgen Deprivation Therapy | | | | Radiation Treatment |
| Traditionally this operation therapy has been used as | | | | Traditionally radiation therapy or who was one of the |
| a prostate cancer treatment option through the use | | | | most popular prostate cancer treatment options |
| a surgical procedure known as soon orchidectomy. | | | | available. However nowadays with the advent of the |
| This surgical procedure is wildly unpopular in men, | | | | newer more advanced prostate cancer treatment |
| however has now been replaced by a hormone drug | | | | options radiation treatment has fallen out of |
| treatment. | | | | popularity. Radiation treatments fall from fame is due |
| This drug controls the production and release of | | | | to its high rate of side effects, and low rate of |
| testosterone or prevents testosterone from being | | | | success. An unfortunate caveat with radiation |
| made into the metabolite dihydrotestosterone. These | | | | treatment, is that if it is not effective the first go |
| are cancer or stimulating hormones, as such it is | | | | around the patient is not able to go through another |
| important to tightly control their production. Because | | | | round of radiation treatment due to the side effects |
| it is a minimally invasive treatment, it is one of the | | | | associated with high radiation dosage levels. This |
| more popular prostate cancer treatment options. | | | | leaves the patient having to use another prostate |
| Cryotherapy | | | | cancer treatment option. |
| Originally cryotherapy was not very popular among | | | | Choosing the best course of action amongst all the |
| the possible prostate cancer treatment options. | | | | different prostate cancer treatment options can be |
| However nowadays it is seeing a comeback in | | | | difficult, and should definitely be done with the help |
| popularity due to it being viewed as an efficient way | | | | of a physician. In fact it is advisable to get a second |
| to treat prostate cancer. When using cryotherapy | | | | opinion just to get as many different references as |
| liquid argon is administered to the affected areas. | | | | possible. The most important thing to remember |
| This extremely cool liquid destroys the cancer cells | | | | however is that prostate cancer is no longer a death |
| without damaging surrounding tissues. | | | | sentence, but rather something that can be managed |
| Cryotherapy is very a minimally invasive compared to | | | | and treated with a plethora of different prostate |
| other prostate cancer treatment options, and thus | | | | cancer treatment options. |