If you have somebody near and dear to you suffering from Prostate Cancer, stop worrying and check this list of Top 3 prostate cancer treatments. You may approach a nearby hospital for availing these treatments.

Treatment 1: Brachytherapy

Patient Profile: Advisable for young persons with good health, individuals who can tolerate radiation beams, individuals who do not suffer obesity.

Technique: This technique focuses on curing the patient through radiation. The radiations are administered “interstitial”, i.e., from “within the tissues” in order to destroy the cancer cells. The word ‘Brachy’ in Greek means ‘short distance’. Accordingly, the high beam radiations are delivered to an area concentrated over the prostate gland at the time of surgery.

The surgery lasts for about 1-2 hours and only minimally invades the area in focus. Success rates of non-recurrence of the cancer are 77-93% according to studies. Some possible side effects are a slow and weak urinary system, sometimes leading to impotence due to bleeding at the minimally invaded site.

Treatment 2: Chemotherapy

Patient Profile: Advisable for patients suffering from recurrent prostate cancer that has stopped responding to other prostate cancer treatments.

Technique: This treatment is administered either by asking the patient to consume oral pills or by giving injections, or by using venous access devices over the skin. Doctors begin Chemotherapy treatment under two conditions, when the patient either experiences hormone refractory cancer or experiences prostate cancer bone metastasis.

Pills or injections are given at frequent intervals in small doses in the beginning so that there is gradual and continuous exposure to the therapy. This gradual exposure helps in reducing the side effects of the therapy. Further, using venous access devices provides the body with low doses of chemotherapy drugs.
Chemotherapy slows down cancer growth in advanced stages of prostate cancer. Some possible side effects include possible hair loss, nausea, vomiting and sores on the mouth.

Treatment 3: Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy

Patient Profile: Advisable for patients undergoing primary treatment, though this could be used for salvage prostate cancer treatments as well. Patient preferable should not have undergone Brachytherapy, should not have evidence of metastasis to the bones or lymph nodes and should reasonably live for 10 years or more.

Technique: This treatment is a minimally invasive technique, which freezes the cells touched by the surgical needles. This is unlike Brachytherapy, where the radiations get extended to about 5 millimeters surrounding the prostate gland. This overall treatment takes about two to three hours to complete and is administered using cryoneedles. These cryoneedles are inserted over and around the prostate gland to cure the prostate cancer cells in that region.

With the help of surgical instruments such as thermocouples and catheters, freeze and melt cycles are administered over the body. The cells are frozen and then melted in several cycles and measures are taken to reduce the side effects such as urethral sloughing. Cryosurgery does give promising results. Some possible side effects include, blood in urine, scrotal swelling and impotence.

Besides the above mentioned, there are other hormone therapies and radiation therapies that are administered in hospitals as well. Most of these therapies provide good results and cure prostate cancer patients effectively.

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