Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
This treatment keeps the cancer cells from getting them. Most prostate cancer grows slowly. You might get chemo if the disease has spread outside y...
Leer másThis treatment keeps the cancer cells from getting them. Most prostate cancer grows slowly. You might get chemo if the disease has spread outside y...
Leer másAmerican Cancer Society’s information on prostate cancer: https: // www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer.html. Cancer.Net’s information on prostat...
Leer másErectile dysfunction, also called impotence, is the inability to develop or sustain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse. If oral erecti...
Leer másYour doctor uses a long, thin instrument called a cystoscope to peer into your urethra and bladder, an organ above your prostate that holds urine. ...
Leer másIf your doctor sees signs that your tumor has grown, they will talk to you about whether it’s time to stop active surveillance and start treatment....
Leer másRadioactive seed implants are a form of radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Another option is for the ultrasound and treatment plan to be done a...
Leer másThere are no warning signs of early prostate cancer. The main signs of erectile dysfunction is not being able to achieve an erection, or to have it...
Leer másIf your doctor thinks you might have prostate cancer based on either a PSA level or a rectal exam, a biopsy is the next step. If your PSA level is ...
Leer másRadical prostatectomy can cure prostate cancer in men whose cancer is limited to the prostate. A man undergoing radical prostatectomy by a surgeon ...
Leer másThe radiation therapist will take a port film, also known as an X-ray, on the first day of treatment and about every week thereafter. However, port...
Leer másSometimes, a mix of both treatments works best. This treatment keeps the cancer cells from getting them. Hormone treatment is often used if cancer ...
Leer másChemotherapy is given to cause the cancer to shrink and, hopefully, to disappear. Because chemotherapy acts to kill rapidly-dividing cancer cells, ...
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