Stage III is known as locally advanced prostate cancer. Stage IV is known as advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer. What are the possible treatment options for prostate cancer? Staging is not the only information that doctors need. Symptoms and the patient’s age, life expectancy, co-existing ...
experience of prostate cancer in my family, I’ve long advocated for putting patients first in our quest for medical innovation. Today, I believe we need to adopt this approach to address an important issue in prostate cancer management: the need for better treatment options for early-stage ...
Stage III cancer covers all the prostate gland and a lump can be felt at the surface. Stage IV cancer is not organ-confined but is spread to other nearby structures, lymph nodes or other organs. Several options are available to you for the treatment of prostate cancer. We carefully go ove...
Prostate Cancer: What Are My Treatment Options? Prostate Cancer: What Are My Treatment Options?
How is prostate cancer treated? Treatment for prostate cancer depends upon the stage of the prostate cancer and an understanding of the pros and cons of treatment. Treatment options include: Watchful waiting. No active treatment is started. This may be appropriate for older men with other serious...
swelling of the legs related to obstruction of the lymph tissue by prostate cancer. It is always best to find and diagnose prostate cancer at an early stage and hopefully still confined to its site of origin. At that point, treatments can cure it. When prostate cancer is widespread or metas...
Understanding how the QoL changes in relation with the selected treatment option can be important to the urologist and individual patient to have realistic expectations as well as to optimise treatment decisions for the prostate cancer patient when exist several alternatives. 展开 关键词: cancer stage...
Radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells with high-energy x-ray beams. You may receive radiation therapy from outside your body or from small beads or rods placed inside your prostate. Surgery may be needed, depending on the stage of the cancer. Part or all of your prostate may be...
Treatment of the High-Risk Stage II Prostate Cancer Although active surveillance, brachytherapy, EBRT, and radical prostatectomy are options for the management of patients with high-risk stage II prostate cancer, recurrence rates are high. There are several areas of ongoing research where doctors are...
Whether to pursue aggressive treatment options, such as surgery or radiation, or a less aggressive approach, called active surveillance, in early prostate cancer; and What are the potential risks and benefits of each treatment option. This protocol will provide the information that patients and their...