There are many treatments for prostate cancer, depending on specifics of the patient. A radical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the prostate. About 90 percent of these operations remove the cancer entirely. External beam radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells.
Hormone therapy is considered when the cancer has spread outside the prostate.
By suppressing male hormones, the cancer can stop growing and even shrink. Most will shake off their hard won battle scars and plod on until the next weekend. Other leisure-time athletes will have to deal with more serious injuries, such as strains, breaks, tears and pulls. But many are due to poor training practices, lack of conditioning, structural abnormalities, or poor warm-up or stretching. More than 10 million sports injuries occur each year.