Prostate Cancer And The Treatment
For patients with prostate cancer, it may be confusing to choose the best treatment procedures that can be done. Each treatment is done at risk and also have the respective advantages. Prostate cancer's treatment depends on several factors:
"Stage of cancer"
"Size cancer"
"How wide spread of cancer that have occurred"
"And the patient's health condition"
For patients with prostate cancer at an early stage, they can choose to wait and oversee the development of cancer. There were some cases of prostate cancer that does not require treatment at all and need to be considered as side effects of treatment were classified as significant. If you select to monitor prostate cancer, then during the period of supervision, additional information may be collected to help determine the appropriate treatment.
Here are some ways and procedures that can be done to overcome prostate cancer.
TURP or trans-urethral resection
TURP is a surgical procedure to cut out part of the prostate gland. TURP is done by general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia, so you do not feel pain during the surgery took place. The goal of surgery is alleviate or eliminate symptoms of disturbed urination due to prostate
The surgeon will insert iron wires with a circular section at the end into the urethra to the prostate. Electric current is used to heat the circular section that serves to cut prostate cancer.
Radical Prostatectomy
Radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the prostate gland and surrounding tissue. Radical prostatectomy can cure prostate cancer in men if the cancer has not spread outside of the prostate gland. But there is a small chance that not all cancer cells can be lifted. There is the possibility of cancer will return after surgery.
Some of the potential complications of radical prostatectomy procedures are:
- Urinary incontinence, the inability to control urination.
- Erectile dysfunction. Better known as impotence. Inability to achieve and maintain an erection.
- Can no longer ejaculation so could not have a child through sexual intercourse.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy uses radiation energy to kill cancer cells in cases where the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate. Radiotherapy can also be used after surgery to kill any cancer cells remaining. In addition, radiotherapy is also done to relieve symptoms or pain and slowing the rate of progression of cancer at his advanced cancer cases.
The patient does not need to be hospitalized to undergo radiotherapy procedure. The following are some side effects of radiotherapy for prostate cancer:
- Pubic hair loss
- Feeling exhausted
- Feel uncomfortable around the anus and rectum
- Inflammation of the bladder
- Inability to have an erection
- urinary incontinence
- Problems with defecation, such as diarrhea and bleeding
Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy is usually combined with radiotherapy procedures. Hormone therapy is performed before radiotherapy aims to improve treatment success. While hormone therapy is given after radiotherapy intended to reduce the recurrence of cancer cells.
In addition to the above functions, hormone therapy can also be used to slow the progression of end-stage prostate cancer and relieve symptoms or pain that appears.
The side effects of hormone therapy in prostate cancer are:
- Loss of sexual desire
- Erectile dysfunction
- Weight gain
- Swelling chest
- Hot flush
- Sweat
Steroid tablets can be used if the hormone therapy no longer works because the cancer is resistant to the hormone. Steroids can be used to shrink tumors and inhibit tumor growth.
Treating Late Stage Cancer
When prostate cancer has entered the final stage, then this condition can no longer be cured. Treatment is done only to slow the progression, prolong life and relieve symptoms.
To cope with late-stage prostate cancer, treatment can be done is radiotherapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy.
"Stage of cancer"
"Size cancer"
"How wide spread of cancer that have occurred"
"And the patient's health condition"
For patients with prostate cancer at an early stage, they can choose to wait and oversee the development of cancer. There were some cases of prostate cancer that does not require treatment at all and need to be considered as side effects of treatment were classified as significant. If you select to monitor prostate cancer, then during the period of supervision, additional information may be collected to help determine the appropriate treatment.
Here are some ways and procedures that can be done to overcome prostate cancer.
TURP or trans-urethral resection
TURP is a surgical procedure to cut out part of the prostate gland. TURP is done by general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia, so you do not feel pain during the surgery took place. The goal of surgery is alleviate or eliminate symptoms of disturbed urination due to prostate
The surgeon will insert iron wires with a circular section at the end into the urethra to the prostate. Electric current is used to heat the circular section that serves to cut prostate cancer.
Radical Prostatectomy
Radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the prostate gland and surrounding tissue. Radical prostatectomy can cure prostate cancer in men if the cancer has not spread outside of the prostate gland. But there is a small chance that not all cancer cells can be lifted. There is the possibility of cancer will return after surgery.
Some of the potential complications of radical prostatectomy procedures are:
- Urinary incontinence, the inability to control urination.
- Erectile dysfunction. Better known as impotence. Inability to achieve and maintain an erection.
- Can no longer ejaculation so could not have a child through sexual intercourse.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy uses radiation energy to kill cancer cells in cases where the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate. Radiotherapy can also be used after surgery to kill any cancer cells remaining. In addition, radiotherapy is also done to relieve symptoms or pain and slowing the rate of progression of cancer at his advanced cancer cases.
The patient does not need to be hospitalized to undergo radiotherapy procedure. The following are some side effects of radiotherapy for prostate cancer:
- Pubic hair loss
- Feeling exhausted
- Feel uncomfortable around the anus and rectum
- Inflammation of the bladder
- Inability to have an erection
- urinary incontinence
- Problems with defecation, such as diarrhea and bleeding
Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy is usually combined with radiotherapy procedures. Hormone therapy is performed before radiotherapy aims to improve treatment success. While hormone therapy is given after radiotherapy intended to reduce the recurrence of cancer cells.
In addition to the above functions, hormone therapy can also be used to slow the progression of end-stage prostate cancer and relieve symptoms or pain that appears.
The side effects of hormone therapy in prostate cancer are:
- Loss of sexual desire
- Erectile dysfunction
- Weight gain
- Swelling chest
- Hot flush
- Sweat
Steroid tablets can be used if the hormone therapy no longer works because the cancer is resistant to the hormone. Steroids can be used to shrink tumors and inhibit tumor growth.
Treating Late Stage Cancer
When prostate cancer has entered the final stage, then this condition can no longer be cured. Treatment is done only to slow the progression, prolong life and relieve symptoms.
To cope with late-stage prostate cancer, treatment can be done is radiotherapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy.
