medications in treatment for prostate cancer
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Treatments Treatment options after your first hormone therapy. Information about treatment options for men with prostate cancer that is no longer responding so well to their first hormone therapy. Chemotherapy. This page describes how chemotherapy can be used to treat prostate cancer, and the possible side effects.
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Treatment for Prostate Cancer The kind of operation you get depends on the size of the tumor and where it is. Radiation. This treatment uses high-energy waves or particles to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. There are a few types doctors can use for cancer that’s only in the prostate, and others for when it spreads to other parts of the body. Hormone therapy. Some of the hormones your body makes can fuel the growth of prostate cancer cells. This type of therapy lowers levels of those hormones or stops the cells from using them. Chemotherapy. Drugs that you take by mouth or through an IV travel through the body, attacking and killing cancer cells and shrinking tumors.
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Hormone Therapy Hormone Therapy. One treatment for prostate cancer is androgen-deprivation therapy, also called hormone therapy. Androgens, the family of male sex hormones that includes testosterone, fuel the growth of prostate cancer.Stopping the body from making these hormones can, for a time, stop the growth of prostate cancer.ormone Therapy. One treatment for prostate cancer is androgen-deprivation therapy, also called hormone therapy. Androgens, the family of male sex hormones that includes testosterone, fuel the growth of prostate cancer.
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How drugs used to shrink benign enlarged prostates increase the risk of aggressive cancers The drugs in this group include Merck & Co's Proscar and GlaxoSmithKline's Avodar and Jalyn, as well as Merck's Propecia, which is approved to treat male hair loss. Treating enlarged prostate glands: The drugs can increase the risk of cancer but their benefits still outweigh the risks. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it revised the labels on all such drugs, called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, to include the risk after reviewing two large studies.
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Prostate Cancer: Hormone Therapy Prostate Cancer: Hormone Therapy. Hormone treatment (also called androgen deprivation therapy or androgen suppression therapy) removes, blocks, or adds hormones to treat prostate cancer. Hormones are chemical substances produced by glands in the body that enter the bloodstream and affect other tissues.
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Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH): Drug and Surgical Treatment Options Alpha-blockers: Alpha-blockers are a class of drugs considered to be first-line treatment for BPH. 1  Alpha-blockers work by blocking the alpha-1a receptor in the prostate and the bladder. Alpha-blockers relax the muscles of the bladder neck and prostate and allow an easier urine flow.
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Hormonal Therapy Although hormone therapy plays an important role in men with advancing prostate cancer, it is increasingly being used before, during, or after local treatment as well. The majority of cells in prostate cancer tumors respond to the removal of testosterone.
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Prostate Cancer: Treatment Options Cryosurgery (also called cryotherapy or cryoablation) is sometimes used to treat early-stage prostate cancer by freezing it. Most doctors do not use cryosurgery as the first treatment for prostate cancer, but it is sometimes an option if the cancer has come back after other treatments.
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- 1 Radiation therapy is also the first-line treatment for metastasized cancer. 2  Two types of radiation therapy can be used: beam radiation and brachytherapy (internal radiation). 3  During external beam therapy, you lie on a bed while a machine moves around your body, directing radiation to your prostate.
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- Impaired Urinary Elimination related to Prostate Cancer. 1  Give the medication as indicated. 2  Antispasmodics such as oxybutynin chloride, rectal suppositories, antibiotics and antimicrobials, phenoxybenzamine. 3  Urinary catheterization or Foley catheter pairs as indicated. 4  Monitor lab results just as BUN, creatinine, Elektrolite, urinalysis and culture. more information...
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Prostate Cancer Prevention One group received 5 mg/day of finasteride and the other a placebo (Thompson 2003). This study was initiated based on multiple lines of evidence available in the early 1990s that suggested that treatment with finasteride (Proscar®) would reduce a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer.
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Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy In the latter case, radiation may be used to provide pain relief at sites where the cancer has spread, such as the bone. Radiation therapy is provided at several Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) locations. Two main types are used for prostate cancer: internal radiation therapy and external-beam radiation therapy.
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Treatment for Prostate Cancer 1 Surgery. 2  This usually involves removing all or part of the prostate. 3  The kind of operation you get depends on the size of the tumor and where it is. 4  Radiation. 5  This treatment uses high-energy waves or particles to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
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Systemic Therapies Men with metastatic prostate cancer (which has spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body) have more treatment options than ever before. Better understanding of the biology of prostate cancer has led to the recent development of several new medications that are helping men survive longer and enjoy a good quality of life.
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- 1 Prostatectomy: Surgery for prostate cancer, called a prostatectomy, removes the prostate with the goal of removing all the cancer. 2  Radiation therapy: Radiation kills prostate cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy cells.
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Prostate Cancer Types of prostate cancer. The prostate is a walnut-sized organ that surrounds the urethra; it produces a fluid that becomes part of semen. More than 99 percent of prostate cancers develop in the gland cells. This type of prostate cancer is called adenocarcinoma. There are several strategies for treating prostate adenocarcinoma. More than one of these treatment options may be used, depending on your individual case and goals. 1  Active surveillance. 2  Surgery. 3  Chemotherapy. 4  Radiation therapy. 5  Immunotherapy.
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Hormone therapy Advanced prostate cancer. Hormone therapy will be a life-long treatment for many men. with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. (advanced or metastatic prostate cancer). Hormone therapy treats prostate cancer wherever it is in the body.
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- A combination of drugs, called MVAC, has been the standard treatment for bladder cancer for many years. MVAC combines four drugs: methotrexate (multiple brand names), vinblastine (Velban, Velsar), doxorubicin, and cisplatin (Platinol). When given before surgery, MVAC can extend life and cure patients.
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- ADT (also known as hormonal therapy) is prescribed for prostate cancer patients prior to potentially curative treatment such as radiotherapy. It is also offered those experiencing a rise in PSA after an initial curative treatment, and those whose cancer has spread outside of the prostate at the time of diagnosis.
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Side Effects The broad categories of side effects associated with prostate cancer treatments includes: 1  Urinary Dysfunction. 2  Bowel Dysfunction. 3  Erectile Dysfunction.  Loss of 1  Fertility. Side Effects of Hormone Therapy.  Side Effects of Chemotherapy.
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Prostate Cancer Drugs This section provides you with information on drugs to treat prostate cancer that are currently approved by Health Canada. As new prostate cancer drugs are approved for use in Canada we will update our information in a timely manner. Chemotherapy Drugs.
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Enlarged Prostate Several types of medications have been approved for treatment of prostate enlargement. Alpha-blockers, such as terazosin (Hytrin), prazosin (Minipress), or doxazosin (Cardura), relax the muscles in the prostate and thus may relieve symptoms.
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- Enlarged Prostate Treatments. There are several treatment options for an enlarged prostate. Men can take alpha blocker drugs such as terazosin (Hytrin) to help relax the prostate muscles, or antibiotics for chronic prostatitis (which may occur alongside BPH).
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Treatment of Enlarged Prostate (BPH) Well Proscar, Avodart and Flomax drugs are used to treat enlarged prostate problems, also known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Proscar and Avodart actually work the same way. They blocked the conversion of testosterone into a more dangerous type of testosterone called DHT dihydrotestosterone.