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A Catholic healthcare ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky Prostate Cancer Treatment Options Your prostate cancer treatment options depend on several factors, such as how fast your cancer is growing, how much it has spread, and your overall health. Also taken into account are the benefits and the potential side effects of the treatment. Many different treatment options exist Your options for prostate cancer treatment may include: • Open prostatectomy (often with nerve-sparing techniques) • Minimally invasive laparoscopic robotic surgery • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) • Proton therapy • Brachytherapy • Cryotherapy • Molecular-targeted therapy • Vaccine therapy and gene therapy • Hormone therapy • Active surveillance Treatment factors If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, your doctor will discuss the best options to treat it. This depends on several factors, including: • Your age and general health • Stage and grade of cancer • Whether the cancer has spread • Side effects of treatment Learn more at: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate- cancer/treating.html Treatment factors continued Some cancers grow so slowly that treatment may not be needed. But some grow fast and are life–threatening. Your health care provider will review your PSA level, T stage, Gleason score, and biopsy results. The results from these tests will help your health care provider predict the likelihood of your cancer progressing or coming back. With all of this information you and your health care provider should decide the best treatment option for you. While treatment choices differ, each year more men are surviving prostate cancer and winning back their lives. Prostate cancer can be a manageable disease if caught early and treated appropriately. Once you have finished treatment it is time to think about any side effects you may have. It's also time to go on with your life. Talk to your health care provider about any side effects or problems you have after your treatment. You and your health care provider can decide what will be best for you.

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A Catholic healthcare ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky

Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

Yourprostatecancertreatmentoptionsdependonseveralfactors,suchashowfastyourcancerisgrowing,howmuchithasspread,andyouroverallhealth.Alsotakenintoaccountarethebenefitsandthepotentialsideeffectsofthetreatment.

ManydifferenttreatmentoptionsexistYouroptionsforprostatecancertreatmentmayinclude:• Openprostatectomy(oftenwithnerve-sparingtechniques)• Minimallyinvasivelaparoscopicroboticsurgery• Intensitymodulatedradiationtherapy(IMRT)• Protontherapy• Brachytherapy• Cryotherapy• Molecular-targetedtherapy• Vaccinetherapyandgenetherapy• Hormonetherapy• ActivesurveillanceTreatmentfactorsIfyouarediagnosedwithprostatecancer,yourdoctorwilldiscussthebestoptionstotreatit.Thisdependsonseveralfactors,including:• Yourageandgeneralhealth• Stageandgradeofcancer• Whetherthecancerhasspread• Sideeffectsoftreatment

Learnmoreat:https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating.html

TreatmentfactorscontinuedSomecancersgrowsoslowlythattreatmentmaynotbeneeded.Butsomegrowfastandarelife–threatening.YourhealthcareproviderwillreviewyourPSAlevel,Tstage,Gleasonscore,andbiopsyresults.Theresultsfromthesetestswillhelpyourhealthcareproviderpredictthelikelihoodofyourcancerprogressingorcomingback.Withallofthisinformationyouandyourhealthcareprovidershoulddecidethebesttreatmentoptionforyou.Whiletreatmentchoicesdiffer,eachyearmoremenaresurvivingprostatecancerandwinningbacktheirlives.Prostatecancercanbeamanageablediseaseifcaughtearlyandtreatedappropriately.Onceyouhavefinishedtreatmentitistimetothinkaboutanysideeffectsyoumayhave.It'salsotimetogoonwithyourlife.Talktoyourhealthcareprovideraboutanysideeffectsorproblemsyouhaveafteryourtreatment.Youandyourhealthcareprovidercandecidewhatwillbebestforyou.

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