| Being diagnosed with prostate cancer for the | | | | cancer treatment will remove, block or add |
| first time will more than likely be traumatic | | | | hormones. When you are suffering with |
| for you and your loved ones, being diagnosed | | | | recurrent prostate cancer, hormone therapy |
| with recurrent prostate cancer can be | | | | may aid in preventing the growth of the |
| devastating. Your doctor will prescribe a | | | | cancer. It is also used as a cancer |
| prostate cancer treatment plan that is | | | | treatment for breast cancer as well. |
| designed to help you beat this disease. For | | | | |
| those who have recurrent prostate cancer, | | | | Prostatectomy |
| there are many prostate cancer treatment that | | | | |
| your physician may advise you to try. | | | | If you are not responding to conventional |
| | | | methods of prostate cancer treatment, your |
| Radiation Therapy | | | | doctor may suggest that you have a |
| | | | prostatectomy. This is an operation that |
| One prostate cancer treatment option is | | | | will remove some or all of the prostate. |
| radiation therapy. This prostate cancer | | | | When you have a radical or total |
| treatment includes the use of radiation of | | | | prostatectomy, the surgical team will remove |
| high energy from protons, neutrons, gamma | | | | the entire prostate gland as well as |
| rays and x-rays, as well as other sources to | | | | surrounding tissue. |
| kill the cancerous cells and to shrink any | | | | |
| existing tumors. There are two ways that | | | | Chemotherapy |
| radiation therapy can be administered as | | | | |
| prostate cancer treatment. The first is from | | | | Chemotherapy is a common prostate cancer |
| a machine that is located outside your body | | | | treatment as well as a treatment for a host |
| called external beam radiation therapy, or | | | | of other types of cancer. Chemotherapy can |
| you may have material that is radioactive | | | | come with a lot of side effects and if this |
| that is placed in your body near where the | | | | is the course of prostate cancer treatment |
| cancer is located. This is referred to as | | | | your doctor recommends, you will learn about |
| internal radiation therapy. | | | | the possible side effects you may suffer with |
| | | | this treatment option. There may be other |
| Hormone Therapy | | | | prostate cancer treatment other then those |
| | | | mentioned that your doctor will discuss at |
| Another prostate cancer treatment your doctor | | | | length with you. |
| may employ is hormone therapy. This prostate | | | | |