Patients who have prostate cancer may be recommended by their urologist to undergo hormone therapy to boost their cancer treatment. Hormone therapy – or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) – for prostate cancer aims to reduce the body’s production of testosterone, which can help prostate cancer grow in a man’s body. The goal of this treatment
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Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatment
Urologists, who often diagnose prostate cancer, have many types of treatments they can offer to their patients. Every treatment has certain side effects, so each man and his doctor will discuss the balance between each treatment’s benefits and potential side effects. Let’s talk about some of the most common side effects of prostate cancer treatment,
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer—the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the United States. As with any type of cancer, prostate cancer develops when the cells in the prostate gland undergo changes in their DNA. Also referred to as mutations, these changes cause the cells to
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Prostate cancer treatment has several approaches. If you have been diagnosed early, your options will be different compared to patients who are diagnosed with advanced-stage prostate cancer. The goals also differ between treatment for localized cancer (cancer that has not spread outside the prostate), regional cancer (spread outside the prostate but still near the organ),
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Prostate cancer is more common than you think. It is estimated that nearly one in seven American men are diagnosed with the disease. That’s why it’s good practice for men over 50 to get routine prostate cancer diagnostic tests or screenings. Prostate cancer affects the prostate, a golf ball-sized gland located underneath the bladder and
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