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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Green tea may cut prostate cancer risk - Cancer- msnbc.com Drinking green tea may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Japanâ™s National Cancer Center. Green Tea Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk Green tea has been shown to reduce prostate cancer risk. Find out how, and how much you need to take. Green Tea Polyphenols Thwart Prostate Cancer Development At The polyphenols present in green tea help prevent the spread of prostate cancer by targeting molecular pathways that shut down the proliferation and spread Green tea reduces prostate risk 21/04/2005 - Green tea is back in the news again after a new study showed that men at a high risk of contracting prostate cancer had their risk slashed Green tea may cut prostate cancer risk - USATODAY.com Drinking several cups of green tea every day may help keep prostate cancer from spreading, according to a study funded by the Japanese government. Tea for a healthy prostate? - Nutrition Notes- msnbc.com New research suggests that phytochemicals in green tea may help prevent the spread of prostate cancer. Since earlier research suggests that the same natural Tea and Cancer Prevention - National Cancer Institute One recently completed but unpublished NCI trial studied the antitumor effect of green tea among prostate cancer patients. The 42 patients drank 6 grams of Prostate Cancer Research Institute Green tea polyphenols inhibit growth of prostate cancer xenograft cwr-22 and decrease ornithine decarboxylase activity: implications for prostate cancer PM - Green tea prevents prostate cancer: study Green tea already has many advocates on health grounds but a new study has now found it can even reduce the incidence of prostate cancer Prostate cancers Green Tea and Apoptosis Green tea ingredient kills prostate cancer cells, researchers say polyphenols in the tea causes Nothing suggests that green tea cures prostate cancer. Green tea shown to prevent prostate cancer After a year's oral administration of green tea catechins (GTCs), only one man in a group of 32 at high risk for prostate cancer developed the disease, |
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