Treating Prostate Cancer
How Is Prostate Cancer Treated?
There are many methods for treating prostate cancer. Before choosing a prostate
cancer treatment, doctors consider your age, health, stage, and grade of disease,
as well as your PSA level and current medical condition.
These Are the Most Common Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer:
And because there are more ways than one to treat prostate cancer, doctors often
combine methods of treatment. This is called "combination
therapy."
If you have questions about the treatments available, talk to your doctor or nurse.
- What are the treatment choices for my stage of prostate cancer?
- What are the expected benefits of each therapy?
- What are the risks and side effects of each therapy?
- How will I know if my prostate cancer treatment is working?
- What are my other choices?
- How can side effects be managed?
- Are there new prostate cancer treatments under study?
- Would a
clinical trial be appropriate for me?
- How is prostate cancer treatment likely to affect my sex life?
- Am I likely to have urinary problems?
- Am I likely to have bowel problems?
- Will I need to change my normal activities? If so, for how long?
- What if the prostate cancer comes back after my initial treatment?
- Where can I find more information on prostate cancer?
- How will my future look after treatment?
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