Added: Oct 24, 2008
Prostate Cancer treatment options include observation, surgery, external radiation, and radiation seed implants. Radiation seeds are implanted for about 10-15 min is call temporary high dose rate implant. External beam radiation is sometimes used in addition to high dose seeds. Another treatment is cryotherapy, or freezing of the cancer cells. Other men are treated with hormone ablation therapy.
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