What are my options if I have prostate cancer?

There are multiple treatment options that are dependent upon the stage of the cancer and other factors such as age and overall health.

Treatment options include:

Observing the condition with no treatment.

• No treatment is done for the cancer
  
• It is carefully watched by the doctor to make sure that the condition does not become worse.
  
• This is most likely to be used for men who are of advanced age or have other serious medical conditions.
  
• Also likely to be used for cancer that has not spread from the prostate gland.

Surgery

• Removes the entire prostate gland along with some of the surrounding tissue
  
• Used for cases that have not spread from the prostate gland

Radiation Therapy

• Use of radiation to kill the cancer
  
• Can use external or internal radiation

Hormone therapy

• Used to stop the growth of the cancer cells
  

There are many other treatments that you should discuss with your doctor.