What Are the Available Treatments For Prostate Cancer?
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
There are many prostate cancer treatments available in the market and you should consider several factors before taking any of them. First, you need to consult with your doctor so you can get proper diagnosis and find out the grade and stage of the cancer. Then you should also consider about your age, expected life span, and personal feelings on potential risks and side effects of each treatment. In addition, prostate cancer treatments depend on your health history as well as the severity of the condition.
These factors make the treatments work differently from patient to patient. Therefore, it is good… Continue reading
Read More..>>Is There Any Alternative Treatment For Prostate Disease?
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
Prostate diseases are very common to happen, especially among men over the age of fifty. There are many available treatments nowadays, but some people prefer to use alternative treatments for their prostate condition. This article will explore several common prostate treatment alternatives.
Important consideration before choosing alternative treatment
Some people mentioned that herbal medicine can be used as an alternative cure. From previous cases, this medicine is considered as an effective cure for prostate disease. Unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous companies entered the market only to make quick bucks. They imitate the leading brands of herbal medicine product and circulate bogus products… Continue reading
Read More..>>Fight Prostate Cancer in Its Early Stages With a Prostate Self Test
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
Prostate cancer is one of the deadliest diseases among men, and yet many men are unaware that they have the disease until it’s too late. Next to heart attacks, prostate cancer is the leading cause of death for men. Though frequent prostate testing can be less than pleasant (as are many exams such as colon testing or heart stress tests), it’s pertinent in the fight of cancer through early detection and treatment.
Early detection through a prostate examination can help you and your doctor determine a course of action to help your prostate potentially heal itself or to surgically remove the… Continue reading
Read More..>>What Does Radiation Therapy For Localized Prostate Cancer Involve?
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
One common form of treatment today for localized prostate cancer is radiation therapy which uses high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. These x-rays can either be delivered using an external radiation beam or by implanting radiation ’seeds’ into the prostate gland.
External beam radiation therapy treatments are normally given on a daily basis 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) for anything up to about 6 or 7 weeks and each treatment, which is painless, lasts for just a few minutes. (Such treatments are also commonly given to patients whose cancer is no longer localized to the prostate gland but… Continue reading
Read More..>>What Does Surgery For Localized Prostate Cancer Involve?
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
The normal approach for surgery in the case of localized prostate cancer is to remove the entire prostate gland and surrounding tissue in an operation known as a radical prostatectomy. The operation is usually performed as a retropubic prostatectomy, in which access is achieved through the lower abdomen, or a perineal prostatectomy, in which access is gained through the perineum which lies between the scrotum and the anus.
During a radical prostatectomy the prostate gland is removed, together with the seminal vesicles, the ampullae (the lower sections of the tubes which carry sperm from the testicles to the prostate gland) and… Continue reading
Read More..>>Watchful Waiting As a Treatment Options For Prostate Cancer
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
If, like a growing number of men, you have been having regular prostate screening which has picked up the possibility of prostate cancer, and this has subsequently been confirmed with a biopsy, then you are probably lucky enough to have caught the cancer early when it is still confined to the prostate gland and in what is called Stage I or Stage II. If this is the case then one possible course of treatment might be ‘watchful waiting’.
Some people feel that it is slightly odd to call watchful waiting a form of treatment because, as the name suggests, you simply… Continue reading
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