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Chemotherapy is not used often to treat prostate cancer. There are two specific sets of circumstances where it is employed, however.
For “hormone-refractory” prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer that has stopped responding to hormone therapy is said to be “hormone-refractory.” Once this point has been reached, hormone therapies will have only minimal benefit in controlling the growth of the cancer. Therefore, systemic therapies such as chemotherapy are used.http://prostatecancer.lessonstudio.ca/images/buttons/save.png
For advanced prostate cancer that has metastasized (spread) to areas of the body distant from the prostate.
Prostate cancer that has spread far from the prostate has reached an advanced stage that is not easily curable with surgery, radiation, or other standard treatments. In order to treat the cancer wherever it has spread in the body, a systemic treatment such as chemotherapy is needed
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Robotic Prostatectomy
