Treating Late Stage Prostate Cancer
The treatment of patients with locally advanced prostate cancer (Stage T3 or T4) is radiation therapy with or without HDR interstitial therapy, androgen ablation plus external radiation, or radical prostatectomy (radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure which removes the entire prostate gland, as well as some surrounding tissue), with or without androgen deprivation (androgen is male hormone; the most common of which is testosterone. It has been shown there is a connection between androgen and the production of some forms prostate cancer cells).
To learn more about the doctors that comprise the Prostate Care Center team, click here.
Portions of these web pages are based in part on content originally developed by Drs. M. Sanda, N. Shah, K. Pienta and others for the website of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. They are based in part on Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Medical, Surgical and Radiation Oncology, chapter 17, "Prostate Cancer," by K. Pienta, MD, H. Sandler, MD, N. Shah, DO, and M. Sanda, MD. Published by PRR: Melville, NY, 2002.
