However, CaP CURE urges patients to learn all they can about all available options.
Surgery carries a risk of incontinence and impotence.
But advances in nerve-sparing surgery have reduced these, and other side effects. Radiation therapy is usually given to patients whose disease is confined or immediately outside the capsule of the prostate. Radiation is used to control the disease, but it is also used in advanced cases to ease pain. Radiation works by damaging all cells that divide quickly. Along with eliminating cancerous cells, radiation can damage cells in the lining of the intestine, which can lead to controllable side-effects.