It is a cancer whose treatment as with other cancers should be individualized, especially taking into account the disease and how advanced it, the biological status of the patient, his age and life expectancy of the patient.
Surgery.Primary surgical options for prostate cancer can be variable, only the affected part of the prostate in its entirety, and also may be required removal of lymph nodes, or segments of neighboring organs.
The removal of the entire prostate with surrounding tissue is called radical prostatectomy. This can be done via perineal or retropubic.
In some cases also may be indicated to remove the organ that produces the hormone that stimulates the prostate to creezca. In that case the hormone is testosterone and its main producer is the testicles can get to make the extirpation of them performing a bilateral orchiectomy.
Like most treatments, this is not safe and may bring side effects. Most common are sexual impotence level, and urinary incontinence, both may be temporary or permanent.
Transurethral resection. This method is usually used in patients who have a poor ground for a radical prostatectomy, it is the removal from the urethra using a making instrument through it. This treatment is done in order to improve the symptoms that prostate cancer brings.
Cryosurgery: Freezing of cancer, destroying.
RADIATION THERAPY ionizing radiation are used to destroy malignant cells.
CHEMOTHERAPY: The utlilizan by intravenous substances in order to destroy cancer cells.
Hormones can be very useful external hormone use to treat some prostate cancers, especially using estrogen or LHRH agonists that act by reducing the amount of male hormones.
IMMUNOTHERAPY: This case involves stimulating the body’s own immune cells to attack the cancer.
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