Question 1

do doctors know of different types of treatments for prostate cancer stages 3 and 4?

Accepted Answer

Pca: Usually radiation and chemo; surgery not often in late stage pca.

Question 2

i have prostate cancer (no methastesis). i won't have any treatment. how long can i have before it gets really worrying?

Accepted Answer

Depends: It depends on the volume of cancer, the gleason score, and lymphatic or perineural invasion.  On average, the most common prostate cancer will take 7-10 years before any significant metastatic disease develops.

Question 3

is provenge (sipuleucel-t) the leading treatment of prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

It's only for some: Provenge (sipuleucel-t) is used in a very specific clinical situation with prostate cancer--definitely not indicated for everyone. The best treatment depends on the stage and grade of the cancer.

Question 4

my fiancee, 31, has prostate cancer and we are trying to conceive. is this still likely? he hasn't undergone any kind of treatment at this point.

Accepted Answer

It depends: It depends if the disease has affected his sperm
he will definitely need a semen analysis. Another thing to look at is frezing (banking) his sperm as the treatment may make him sterile.

Question 5

prostate cancer treatment?

Accepted Answer

First question: Is whether treatment is necessary, depends on gleason score and psa. Treatment may not add value to you. Watchful waiting follows your psa #, rate of rise. If your gl >/= 7, psa > 10ng/ml, best option is radiotherapy, +/- anti-hormone. Get a few opinions. Do not act in haste.

Question 6

treatment for prostate cancer by stage.

Accepted Answer

Quite a few: Early stage (cancer within prostate): robotic or open surgery, standard radiation; radiation seeds; cryosurgery. For cancer with local spread to nodes typically radiation and hormonal therapy is used. For recurring cancer or for spread to far organs; a sequence of therapies is used. Initially, a series of 3-4 hormonal drugs one by one, then immune therapy (provenge) and then chemotherapy.

Question 7

is there any treatment for prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The necessity and type of treatment would depend on patient age and life expectancy. Treatments such as radiation or surgery may be commonly used. Depending on the situation, hormone deprivation may be used in conjunction with the above or alone. Cryotherapy and hifu are sometimes used.  Chemotherapy may be used in very advanced cases.

Question 8

how expensive is prostate cancer treatment?

Accepted Answer

Prostate cancer: Depending on where you live surgery can cost 15-50k with robotic surgery, radiation costs tens of thousands of dollars, chemo and other prostate cancer drugs are also very expensive

Question 9

what is a good treatment for prostate cancer?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Treatment needs to be tailored to the needs of the individual patient. Usual treatments are surgery, external radiation, radiation with implanted seeds, hormone and chemotherapy.

Question 10

what is the normal prostate cancer treatment?

Accepted Answer

Radiation: Radiation either external beam vs seeds, surgery, anti-testosterone therapy with Lupron (leuprolide)  for extensive disese as well as chemotherapy.

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