List of Treatments for Prostate Cancer

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Treatment list for Prostate Cancer:
The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Prostate Cancer includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Watchful waiting - a possible option for early stage slow-growing cancers without serious symptoms.

Radiation therapy

External radiation

Internal radiation

Hormonal therapy
Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonists
Leuprolide
Goserelin
Buserelin
Antiandrogens
Flutamide
Bicalutamide
Adrenal gland inhibiting drugs
Ketoconazole
Aminoglutethimide
Total androgen blockade - combination treatment of testerone blockers and adrenal gland blockers.

Orchiectomy - removal of testicles

Surgery

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

Radical prostatectomy

Radical retropubic prostatectomy
Radical perineal prostatectomy

Nerve-sparing prostate surgery - saves the nerves that control erections.

Surgical lymph node removal

Preventive treatments to prevent recurrence - see section on prevention.