Is radiation a safe treatment for prostrate cancer?

Yes: Radiation, surgery, ablative techniques and surveillence are all options for treatment of localized (has not spread or metatasized) prostate cancer depending on the characteristics of the biopsy (gleason score) and psa. The safety of any procedure depends on the experience and level of training of the person performing the procedure.

Yes: Radiation is very successful and can have the same survival as other options. It has risks of bladder, rectum, erection issues. But it's considered safe as risk of life threatening effects are very low. Options are prostate seeds or external beam radiation.

Prostate XRT is safe: One needs to ask what the benefits and liabilities are with each modality, but radiotherapy can be very safe, very effective, and as good as surgery in most cases.

Safe and effective: Radiation is an excellent option for treatment of prostate cancer. It is also the easiest and has the least side effects in comparison to the other options(surgery and seeds).

Yes: If you are diagnosed, staged and treated properly, radiation therapy can be a very safe treatment for prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Tx: Well done radiation therapy, especially using imrt, was found in a recent meta-analysis to have a long term complication rate of only 2.5% if you exclude impotence from consideration. 35-45% of men will have some issues with erectile dysfunction and 1/3 to 1/2 will have benefit from an agent such as viagra, levitra, (vardenafil) or cialis.

Safe and effective: In essence there are two ways to given radiation to prostate: external beam irradiation and brachytherapy (implants). They can be given separately or in combination. The decision depends on patient's condition, aggressiveness of cancer and the risk of cancer spread. There is now long term data to show that radiation is as effective as surgery in selected patients.

Prostate cancer: There is no treatment for prostate cancer that doesn't have some side effects or risk of complications. Both surgery and radiation are considered by most to be equally effective, but each has a different profile of side effects and possible complications. One should consult both a urologist and a radiation oncologist before deciding. Observation alone may be appropriate for some low risk tumors.