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Other Prostate Cancer Treatments

Prostate exams are a simple andBrachytherapy is another form of
straightforward procedure and can beradiation therapy, albeit one that
conducted in a doctors office withoutinvolves actually inserting objects into
any need for medical equipment or urinethe body. Radioactive pellets or seeds
or blood testing. Since every year anare injected into the prostate, and the
average of two hundred fifty thousandradiation that they emit kills the
men are diagnosed with prostate cancer,cancer-infected cells. After a period of
it is very important that all mentime, the radioactivity of these seeds
receive regular prostate exams. Thefades, and the leftover pellets are
necessity of receiving prostate examscompletely harmless.
also increases as one ages.Another prostate cancer treatment is
This first form of prostate cancercalled hormone therapy, and involves
treatment is called Active Surveillance.restricting the amount of testosterone
It is the medical term for watching athat the body produces or that is
patients cancer, but not taking actiondirected to help the prostate gland
until the condition worsens or expands.grow. The most extreme version of this
Active Surveillance is used when aprocedure is called orchiectomy, and
patient may not be able to undergoinvolves actually removing the
treatment because of complications fromtesticles. Since they produce
other conditions, or is otherwise unableninety-percent of the bodys
to receive cancer treatment.testosterone, this method is very
The most direct route form of prostateeffective, but considering that the
cancer treatment is to remove the entiretesticles must be removed, most men opt
prostate, a procedure known as afor another procedure. There are also
prostatectomy. An incision is madedrugs that halt production of
behind the pubic bone and a portion oftestosterone derivatives, but these are
the prostate or the entire gland itselfnot as effective as an orchiectomy, and
is removed. The urethra is thensome may have to be administered in
connected directly to the bladder, but afrequent injections.
catheter is often necessary in order toAs with other forms of cancer,
allow the patients body time to adapt tochemotherapy is also an option. However,
the new setup of its urinary system.up until fairly recently, chemotherapy
Another form of prostate cancerwas considered only as an option for men
treatment is radiation therapy, whichwho have stopped responding to other
can treat prostate cancer from theprostate cancer treatments. New studies
outside. An MRI or CAT scan is used toare being conducted using chemotherapy
plot the exact location of the tumor ordrugs. These drugs have been approved
affected cells, and intense bursts ofby the Food and Drug Administration.
x-rays are used to destroy these cells.This new form of chemotherapy is used
Intensity modulated radiation therapy,specifically to fight prostate cancer.
or IMRT, is a form of radiation that canBeing diagnosed with prostate cancer is
be used to full effect on the majorityby no means a small matter, but with
of the cancer cells, but can be tonedmodern prostate cancer treatments, there
back to lessen the danger to cells inare many different options, and ones
proximity to the bladder or rectum.chances for survival are extremely high.



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