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2. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Surgical removal of the prostate, or prostatectomy, is a common treatment either for early-stage prostate cancer or for cancer that has failed to respond to radiation therapy. The most common type is radical retropubic prostatectomy , when the surgeon removes the prostate through an abdominal incision.

3. What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Treatments - AOL

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   The Most Common Prostate Cancer Treatments TREATMENTS VARY, DEPENDING on individual cases of prostate cancer. If the cancer is caught early, many are treated “very effectively,” Dr. Barbieri says.

4. Prostate brachytherapy - Wikipedia

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   Brachytherapy is a type of radiotherapy, or radiation treatment, offered to certain cancer patients. There are two types of brachytherapy – high dose-rate (HDR) and low dose-rate (LDR). LDR brachytherapy is the one most commonly used to treat prostate cancer. It may be referred to as 'seed implantation' or it may be called 'pinhole surgery'. [1]

5. Prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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   For prostate cancer, the best treatment often depends on the risk level presented by the disease. For most prostate cancers classified as "very low risk" and "low risk", radical prostatectomy is one of several treatment options; others include radiation, watchful waiting, and active surveillance.

6. Molecule ‘shows promise’ as effective first line of prostate ...

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   Researchers have discovered that a naturally-occurring molecule could potentially be an effective first line of treatment against prostate cancer. ... Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in ...

7. Brachytherapy - Wikipedia

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   Body sites in which brachytherapy can be used to treat cancer. Brachytherapy is commonly used to treat cancers of the cervix, prostate, breast, and skin. [1]Brachytherapy can also be used in the treatment of tumours of the brain, eye, head and neck region (lip, floor of mouth, tongue, nasopharynx and oropharynx), [10] respiratory tract (trachea and bronchi), digestive tract (oesophagus, gall ...