His PSA level is now back within the normal range again. It's done nothing but good. But I feel at ease now that I've had the seed implant. A radical prostatectomy is the removal of the prostate and some tissue around it. This is done only if the cancer hasn't spread outside the prostate.
Cryosurgery is a type of surgery that kills the cancer by freezing it.
Impotence and urine leakage can occur after surgery. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body or from radiation-producing materials, called radioisotopes, inserted through thin plastic tubes in the area where cancer cells are found. Impotence may occur after radiation therapy. Hormone therapy Male hormones, especially testosterone, can help prostate cancer grow. So female hormones, or drugs that decrease the production of male hormones, are used to slow prostate tumor growth.