Prostate+Cancer+Treatment+Notes+by+Yiting+and+Eddie

=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What is the treatment for Prostate Cancer? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Treatment: Surgery, radiation therapy, Hormone therapy, chemotherapy, watchful waiting || · Record only important info · ** PARAPHRASE  ** · Try to find a short effective quote || **__Surgery: __** For early stage of prostate cancer If cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland- Radical prostatectomy- removing the prostate (the seminal vesicles-gland where the sperm is made, is removed too) Infertility(not able to reproduce) is a side effect A different surgical method : transurethral resection-only cancerous portion of the prostate is removed( a small wire loop goes through the urethra to the prostate) used in men who cannot have radical prostatectomy due to age or other illness
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commonly used in advanced stage when cancer has spread Decreasing hormone level: Orchiectomy -removing testicles ( decrease of testosterone) Drugs-block the hormone testosterone activity(LHRH agonists or anti-androgens) Injecting female hormone estrogen to trick the body to stop producing testosterone. (side effects: tenderness of the beasts, blood clots, heart attacks, strokes) Using drug to kill cancer cell, injected into blood vessels to kill cells outside the prostate. Used when prostate cancer that has recurred after other treatment. No immediate treatment, patient is under careful observation. Used in older patients when the tumor is not aggressive. || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || If prostate cancer is at its last stage, what is the survival chance? Would any of the treatment be able to cure it? What are some specific things doctor observe in watchful waiting?
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I think surgery is used for early stage of prostate cancer because it just removes the small parts that has cancerous cell to stop it from spreading more.

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