There are many options to treat prostate cancer. These include radical surgery, seed implantation (brachytherapy), external beam radiation therapy, cryosurgery and hormonal therapy.
Another option is watchful waiting. It is important to understand that watchful waiting is not a curative treatment. It is recognizing that a man has prostate cancer and the patient is going to have the cancer closely monitored by his Urologist.
As we know, the majority of prostate cancers are slow growing...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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