The best treatments for any cancer are always completely dependent on each individuals specific case and should be discussed with your oncologist. As with almost every solid tissue cancer, surgery is usually the best option for curing the disease. Most prostate cancer patients undergo a radical prostatectomy to remove the entire prostate gland and some tissue around the gland. Lymph nodes around the prostate may also be removed depending on how advanced the disease is. However, because prostate cancer is an unusually slow developing disease, depending on the age and medical condition of the patient, surgery might not be recommended and no treatment may be preformed. Many such men will live out their normal life spans without treatment and without the cancer spreading or causing other problems. Radiation therapy can also be used to treat very early stage prostate cancer or to shrink tumors.
Hormone therapy is another treatment and consists of treatment with drugs such as antiandrogens which lower levels of male hormone androgens which help prostate cells grow. Other drugs, known as luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonists, block the testicles from receiving messages to make testosterone. An orchiectomy (surgery to remove the testicles) might also be performed to reduce testosterone levels in the body. These treatments are used when other treatments are inappropriate or in addition to surgery or radiation in men at high-risk for recurrence of disease or more advanced stages. Chemotherapy may be given in cases in which the cancer has spread to distant organs and hormone therapy is not effective. Neither hormone therapy nor chemotherapy is considered a cure for prostate cancer. Cryotherapy is an emerging therapy where the prostate is frozen within the body, but this treatment has not been perfected and usually results in many complications and side effects.From WikiAnswers
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