The other two options are radiation treatments. Giuliani could decide to undergo daily doses of radiation therapy for six to eight weeks. Alternatively, a radiation seed could be planted inside the mayor. That would be a one-time treatment. Of the three, surgery has the best long-term track record, Johnson added, and the mayor's medical advisers would likely push for that.
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American men, behind skin cancer.
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