Treatments for Prostate Cancer

Links to information about prostate cancer treatments.

The Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration [Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration] provides a wide range of information on prostate cancer.

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Prostate cancer testing
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   There are two common tests for prostate cancer: a digital rectal examination, or DRE, and a PSA blood test. Neither of these is completely accurate. If the tests suggest there is a problem, your doctor may repeat the test or refer you to a specialist. A biopsy may be needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Date:   Oct 2009

Title:   Treatment access
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Finding a urologist; access to prostate cancer treatment; prostate cancer medical specialists

Title:   Prostate cancer - GP's page
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   MrPHIP prostate cancer patient information and resources for use by GPs.

Title:   About the Prostate Health Improvement Program (Mr PHIP)
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Mr PHIP is a prostate cancer education program for South Australian men and their families. Modules cover each stage in the development of prostate cancer including whether or not to have a PSA test.

Title:   Prostate cancer - hormone therapy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Prostate cancer can be treated with hormone therapy, which aims to reduce the levels of male hormones. Options include injected and oral medications or surgery to remove those parts of the testicles that produce testosterone. Hormone therapy may produce side effects.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Nov 2008

Title:   Prostatectomy - for cancer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Radical prostatectomy is one treatment for prostate cancer. This surgery involves removing the prostate gland and the seminal vesicles. Sometimes the surgeon may also need to remove the nearby lymph nodes. Possible side effects of surgery include urinary incontinence and impotence.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Cryotherapy for prostate cancer
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on cryotherapy for prostate cancer, written by professional health specialists.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Male pattern baldness
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Hair loss can happen on any part of the body for a variety of reasons, and can range from being mild to severe. Male (and female) pattern baldness is hair loss specifically from the head.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   5-alpha-reductase inhibitors for prostate cancer prevention
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Five-alpha-reductase inhibitor drugs have potential as chemopreventive agents. Reduction of prostate cancer was similar between racial groups, age groups (aged 65 years or older compared to younger age groups) and those with or without a family history ...
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Prostate cancer: surgery side effects - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the side effects associated with surgery for prostate cancer.
Date:   Dec 2007

Title:   Intermittent versus continuous androgen suppression for prostatic cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cause of death among males. The American Cancer Society estimates that 234,460 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed, and 27,350 men died from this disease in the United States in 2006 (ACS 200...
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Cryotherapy for localised prostate cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cryotherapy is a relatively new procedure for the treatment of localised prostate cancer. Under anaesthesia, probes are inserted into the prostate tumour that freeze the tissue, thereby killing tumour cells. This procedure is carried out on a day-patien...
Date:   Mar 2007

Title:   Prostate cancer - Useful resources
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   This page lists informative websites on prostate cancer, accessing peer support, clinical trials, alternative and complementary therapies and other helpful topics. It also lists writen prostate cancer resources and where they can be found.
Date:   Jul 2006

Title:   Prostate cancer - Sexual function after treatment
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Sexual function can be affected after treatment for prostate cancer: what may happen and why, and what is available to assist you.
Date:   Jul 2006

Title:   Prostate cancer - Hormonal therapy?
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Hormonal treatment is the main treatment option for cancer which has already spread beyond the prostate region, or has recurred following initial treatment by surgery or radiotherapy: what it is and side effects.
Date:   Jul 2006

Title:   Prostate cancer - Monitoring after treatment
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Followup and monitoring after surgery and radiotherapy for prostate cancer.
Date:   Jan 2006

Title:   Prostate cancer - After the diagnosis
Publisher:   Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Description:   Information for men with localised prostate cancer, making a decision about treatment.
Date:   Jan 2006

Title:   Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: an accelerated systemic review
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   This review compares the safety, efficacy and costs associated with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with open radical prostatectomy through a systematic assessment of the literature.
Date:   Jun 2005

Title:   The addition of high-dose-rate brachytherapy to external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   The use of HDR BT as a method of dose escalation in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer is a promising approach. There is good evidence that for intermediate risk localised prostate cancer dose escalation improves biochemical cure rates.
Date:   May 2005
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