Treatment Options for
Localized Cancer
In this situation you are looking at a Stage I or II
diagnosis of prostate cancer based on the Gleason Score. In this particular
scenario, you are looking at three different choices of
treatment for treatment that can result in long term
survival.
One is called Watchful Waiting; one is Surgery;
and finally Radiation. Let’s explore each of these
options further.
- Watchful Waiting -
Watchful Waiting is the term coined by the medical
community to describe an approach for managing cancer that
has not yet moved beyond the prostate gland. This
approach is also known as “observation” or
“surveillance.”
- Surgery -
The actual surgical procedure. It is called a radical
prostatectomy and is the complete removal of the prostate
as well as tissue nearby.
- Radiation Therapy
- Radiation therapy consists of using very high energy
x-rays. They are delivered by an external beam from a
machine or actually implanted in the prostate to kill
cancer cells.
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