Prostate cancer videos: PCa Treatment options
August 17, 2011 by Prostate Dr. · Comments Off
Treatments for prostate cancer -if we can call them that- can be included in the folowing categories:
- Brachytherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Cryosurgery & Cryotherapy
- Hormone Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Prostatectomy
- Robotic Prostatectomy
- Watchful Waiting
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
This prostate cancer video series is intended as a comprehensive source of prostate cancer information. The explanations will hopefully ease the daunting task of learning about prostate cancer treatments after receiving a PCa diagnosis. These prostate cancer videos are not a substitution for a doctor, but…
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December 5, 2009 by Prostate Dr. · Comments Off
Here are some statistics on prostate cancer, relative to the year 2007:
- 559.650 Americans are expected to die of all forms of cancer, cancer being exceeded in the US only by heart diseases. Survival rates have improved in the last decade, being now to about 66% (1996-2002), and growing from a 55% between 1975-1977. This increase reflects the higher early-stage rate in cancer diagnosis and the better prostate cancer treatments options…
