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Treatment: __Surgery__ For early stage of prostate cancer, surgery is the best choice. If the cancer has spread to the prostate gland(where the sperm is made), the prostate will be removed completly, it is called Radical Prostatectomy. Infertility (when you cannot reproduce) is a side effect of the surgery.Another different surgical method is transurethral resection, it removes only the cancerous portion of the prostate. In a transurethral resection, a small wire loop goes through the urethra to the prostate, this type of surgery is common for men who cannot have radical prostatectomy due to age or other illness.

__Radiation Therapy__ Using high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells or to shrink tumors. It can be used instead of doing the surgery. The radiation can either be done from a machine outside the body which is known as external beam radiation, or small radioactive pellets can be implanted in the prostate gland, in the areas around the tumor.

__Hormone Therapy__ For advanced stage of prostate cancer and has spread throughout the body, hormone therapy is used. Prostate cells need the male hormone to grow. Decreasing of the hormone can slow down the spread of cancer cells. Orichiectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the testicle to decrease testosterone. Drugs bind (to fasten or secure with a band or bond) can block the activity of male hormone testosterone.

__Chemotherapy__ In chemotherapy, it involves using drug to kill cancer cells. Drug can be injected into blood vessels to kill cells outside the prostate. This therapy is used when prostate cancer recurred after other treatments.

__Watchful Waiting__ In watchful waiting, there is no immediate treatment. The patient is just simply under the doctor's careful obervation. This might be used in older patients when the tumor is not very agressive, or when there are other more life-threatening illness for the patient.

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