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2. Prostate brachytherapy - Wikipedia

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   LDR prostate brachytherapy (seed or polymer source implantation) is a very effective treatment for low to high risk localized cancer, with patients rapidly returning to normal activities. [15] Although patients may experience urinary problems for the first six months or so after their implant, these usually settle down and lasting problems are ...

3. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Radiation therapy is commonly used in prostate cancer treatment. It may be used instead of surgery or after surgery in early-stage prostate cancer (adjuvant radiotherapy). Radiation treatments also can be combined with hormonal therapy for intermediate risk disease, when surgery or radiation therapy alone is less likely to cure the cancer.

4. Prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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   A radical prostatectomy, the removal of the entire prostate gland, the seminal vesicles and the vas deferens, is performed for cancer. [ 2 ] There are multiple ways the operation can be done: with open surgery (via a large incision through the lower abdomen), laparoscopically with the help of a robot (a type of minimally invasive surgery ...

5. Transurethral resection of the prostate - Wikipedia

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   Therefore, many doctors will postpone invasive treatment until a year after the surgery. Urinary incontinence – most commonly stress incontinence – due to injury of the external sphincter system, may be prevented by taking the verumontanum of the prostate as a distal limiting boundary during TURP.

6. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Prostate cancer is a major topic of ongoing research. From 2016–2020, over $1.26 billion was invested in prostate cancer research, representing around 5% of global cancer research funds. [123] This places prostate cancer 10th among 18 common cancer types in funding per cancer death, and 9th in funding per disability-adjusted life year lost. [124]

7. When is an operation like Lloyd Austin's prostatectomy ...

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   Is surgery for prostate cancer considered an elective procedure? The Defense Department has described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surger y to treat his prostate cancer on Dec. 22 as an ...