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Decisions about a treatment plan for prostate cancer can be complicated and must be weighed carefully. There is no standard treatment for prostate cancer because the PSA test cannot differentiate between slow-growing and fast-growing cancers. A number of things figure into treatment decisions, including the patient’s age, overall medical condition, and whether or not the cancer has spread beyond the prostate.
There is also several treatment options that patients should learn about and discuss with their doctors — ranging from “watchful waiting” for very slow-growing cancers, to removal of the prostate or some portion of it in the case of active tumors. Radiation treatments and hormonal therapies are also used to treat prostate cancer.
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