Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate cancer treatment,"Triple modality, combination,

external,beam radiation, therapy,brachytherapy,and

hormonal, therapy,"

In advanced, stages ,radiation therapy,

is used, to treat,, painful, bone, metastases,

or reduce, spinal, cord, compression,

External, beam radiation, therapy,uses a linear, accelerator, to

produce, high-enery, x-Rays,that are directed,in a beam,

towards, the prostate, cancer,a technique, called,

Intensity, modulated,

Radiation, Therapy,(IMRT),adjust, the radiation, beam,

to comform, to the shape, of the tumor,allowing, higher, doses,

to be given, to the prostate-cancer, and seminal,

vesicles, anesthetic,
Prostate cancer treatment

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Small seed radioactive pellets

Brachytherapy,seeds,Permanent, implant ,involves, the

placement, ,of about 100, small, "seeds"small, radioactive,

pellets, or ribbons,

implanted, directly, into the tumor,while under, spinal,

or general anesthetic, uses medication, or surgery,

prostate-cancer-cells, from getting dihydrotestosterone,(DHT)

a hormone, produced, in the prostate, and required, for the

growth, and spread, of most prostate-cancer, cells,

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Hormone therapy

Blocking, DHT,often, causes-prostate-cancer, to stop growing,

and even, shrink,

How-ever, hormone, therapy, rarely, cures prostate cancer,

because, cancers, that initially, respond, to hormone,

therapy,become, resistant, after, one, or two, years,

Hormone, therapy, is,therefore, usually, used, when, cancer, has, spread, from the prostate,

It may also be given, to, patients, undergoing, radiation,

therapy, or surgery, to help, prevent, return, of cancer,

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Patient symptoms

depend, on the patient, symptoms, and level, of Prostate cancer

treatment, cancer,in gland,

Patient, can, control, their cancer, pain, by taking,

estrogen, or blocking, spinal, cord, fiber,

Patient, can, cure, from, bone, pain, by treating, radiation,

therapy,

Blood, transfusions, are controlled, to sustain, ample,

hemoglobin,

level, in higher, stage, of cancer, when tumor,

replaces, bone, marrow,

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Helping Patients

Prostate-cancer, treatment, will always, be determined, on an

individual, basis, and helping, patients,

cancer, is a specifically, male, cancer, it involves, the prostate,

gland, which, is part, of the male, reproductive, system,

With all types, of treatment, for prostate-cancer,

the patient, will need, to, weigh, up, the pros, and cons,

and discuss,the side, effects, of the different, treatments,

with, his, doctor,

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Diagnosis

When a man, receives, a diagnosis, of prostate-cancer,

one, of his, main, concerns, will be how, the disease,

and the , prostate-cancer, treatment, side, effects,

will affect, his everyday, life,

Surgery, is a common, treatment, for early stage, cancer,

doctor, may, remove, the whole, prostate, or only, part, of it,

Prostate cancer,treatment,

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