Prostate cancer - treatment

Treatment for your prostate cancer is chosen after a thorough evaluation. Your health care provider will discuss the benefits and risks of each treatment.

Sometimes your provider may recommend one treatment for you because of your type of cancer and risk factors. Other times, there may be two or more treatments that could be good for you.

Factors you and your provider must think about include:

Ask your provider to explain these things following about your treatment choices:

  • Which choices offer the best chance of curing your cancer or controlling its spread?
  • How likely is it that you will have different side effects, and how they will affect your life?
Male reproductive anatomy

The male reproductive structures include the penis, the scrotum, the testes, the epididymis, the seminal vesicles, and the prostate.

Radical Prostatectomy (Prostate Removal)

Radiation Therapy

Prostate Brachytherapy

Hormonal Therapy

Chemotherapy

Cryotherapy