Medical Treatments for Prostate CancerThere are many different medical treatments for prostate cancer that involve the clinical care of a healthcare professional. These treatments include expectant therapy, surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy. Expectant therapy is to carefully observe and monitor the prostate cancer. Because prostate cancer cells often spread very slowly, many older men who have the disease may not need more extensive treatment. However, expectant therapy usually includes routine physician examinations, including digital rectal exams and PSA tests. The different types of surgery for prostate cancer are radical prostatectomy - an open-surgery procedure in which the entire prostate gland and surrounding tissue are removed. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) - surgery to remove part of the prostate gland that surrounds the urethra. Cryosurgery - this procedure involves killing the cancer cells by freezing them with a small metal tool placed in the tumor. Side effects of prostate cancer surgery include incontinence and impotence. Incontinence is the inability to control urine and may result in dribbling of urine, especially immediately after surgery. Normal control usually returns within weeks or months after surgery. Impotence is the inability to achieve an erection. For a month, or so, after surgery, most men are not able to get an erection. Eventually, approximately 40 to 60 percent of men will be able to get an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse, but without ejaculation of semen, since removal of the prostate gland prevents that process.Radiation therapy uses high energy rays to kill or shrink cancer cells, and to decrease their ability to divide. Radiation is often used to treat prostate cancer that is still confined to the prostate gland, or has spread only to nearby tissue. If the disease is advanced, radiation may be used to reduce the size of the tumor and to provide relief from symptoms. Possible side effects of radiation for prostate cancer may include diarrhea, with or without blood in the stool, and colitis, problems associated with urination, a degree of impotence (inability to get an erection), which may occur within two years of radiation therapy. The goal of hormone therapy is to lower the level of male hormones in the body, particularly testosterone. Hormone therapy does not cure the cancer, and is often used to treat persons whose cancer has spread or recurred after treatment. Produced mainly in the testicles, testosterone causes prostate cancer cells to grow. Thus, reduced testosterone levels can make the prostate cancer shrink and become less active. Most studies show that hormone therapy works better if it is started early. Chemotherapy is the use of powerful, anti-cancer medications to kill cancer cells.. Hospitalization may be needed to monitor treatment and chemotherapy's side effects. Common side effects of chemotherapy include: nausea and vomiting, hair loss, anemia, reduced ability of blood to clot, mouth sores, increased likelihood of developing infections, fatigue. Most side effects disappear once treatment is stopped. |
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Rise in PSA Level May Predict Cancer Death For men whose PSA velocity was 2.0 nanograms per milliliter per year or higher, the risk of death from prostate cancer was nearly 10 times higher compared National Prostate Cancer Coalition: Optimus Prime Dies of Prostate Optimus Prime Dies of Prostate Cancer WASHINGTON, D.C. Pop culture fans are mourning the death of Optimus Prime today as the famous Transformer passed away Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Risk Of Death From Heart Androgen deprivation therapy -- one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer -- may increase the risk of death from heart disease in patients over Cancer Research UK : UK Prostate Cancer mortality statistics Prostate cancer accounts for around 13% of male deaths from cancer in the UK and is the second most common cause of cancer death in men, after lung cancer. NY Times 9/17/02 Dilemma on Prostate Cancer Treatment Splits Experts Why should you care about the overall death rate? After all, your problem was prostate cancer. If the death rate from it was reduced, isn't that good? Prostate cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male .. which increases the probability of apoptosis (cell death). Causes of Death in Elderly Prostate Cancer Patients and in a Since the prevalence of comorbidity increases with advancing age, competing causes of death are important contributors to death rates among prostate cancer Deaths from Prostate Cancer - WrongDiagnosis.com Death rate extrapolations for USA for Prostate Cancer: 31728 per year, 2644 per month, 610 per week, 86 per day, 3 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. eMedicine - Prostate Cancer: Metastatic and Advanced Disease Background: Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States in men dying from cancer and is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer - April 1, 1998 The main problem with prostate cancer screening is that even though this malignancy is extremely common, it is the actual cause of death in only a small Prostate Cancer Screening: More Harm Than Good? - August 1998 Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States.5 In addition, significant morbidity is associated with end-stage |
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