Prostate cancer

Treatment of prostate cancer varies depending on the stage of the cancer (whether it has spread and how much it has spread) and may include surgical removal, radiation, hormonal manipulation, chemotherapy, or a combination of these treatments.

Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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