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