Common treatments for prostate cancer

What are the common treatments for prostate cancer ? For patients with early prostate cancer, most patients have stable conditions and slow progression, and only about 1% may die from early prostate cancer. According to andrology experts, at this time, the treatment methods for prostate cancer do not advocate radical prostatectomy or radiation or endocrine therapy. However, it can be combined with traditional Chinese medicine treatment to control the progression of prostate cancer.

There are five types of treatment for prostate cancer:

Treatment of prostatitis 1: Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is an effective method for treating prostate cancer. Radiotherapy can often significantly reduce prostate tumors. It is mainly used for patients who are difficult to remove surgically or cannot be removed but have no distant metastasis. Radiotherapy is divided into internal radiation therapy, external radiation therapy and palliative radiotherapy, among which the most commonly used is external radiation therapy.

Treatment method for prostate cancer 2: Chemotherapy In the treatment of prostate cancer, chemotherapy is used as an adjuvant treatment for advanced prostate cancer. It is mainly used for patients who have undergone surgery or radiotherapy and local tumors have been eliminated. Chemotherapy drugs are used to eliminate potential, currently undetectable small lesions. Chemotherapy drugs alone cannot cure the primary lesion. Adjuvant chemotherapy can prolong the patient's survival after surgery. Experiments have found that the most sensitive chemotherapy drug for prostate cancer is cyclophosphamide.

The third treatment method for prostate cancer: endocrine therapy. Prostate cancer is typically hormone-dependent. Clinically, endocrine therapy can significantly alleviate prostate lesions and symptoms, but it has no significant effect on patient survival.

Immunotherapy: When a patient's prostate cancer tissue has been reduced to a very small amount by other treatments, immunotherapy may be more effective in removing the small amount of cancer tissue remaining in the body.

Treatment method of prostate cancer 4: surgical treatment Surgery is still the first choice for treating prostate cancer, but because prostate cancer is often discovered late, the opportunity for surgery is often missed. Prostate cancer patients are mostly elderly, and radical prostate surgery often causes serious damage, so the indications and contraindications should be strictly controlled.

Treatment method 5 for prostate cancer: cryosurgery: cryogenic surgery inserts a freezing rod into the prostate through the urethra, causing the local temperature of the prostate to reach about -180°C, causing glandular tissue necrosis and shedding, thereby destroying tumor tissue. Cryosurgery has a low incidence of postoperative death and complications, and the operation is relatively simple. It can be used for elderly and frail prostate cancer patients with heart and lung damage who are not suitable for open surgery.

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