Prostate Cancer

Medications

Hormones are drugs that can affect the growth of prostate cancer cells. They sometimes are used along with radiation treatment to help make sure that all cancer cells are destroyed.

Chemotherapy is the use of powerful drugs—either injected or taken as pills—to destroy cancer cells. While many men decide to have chemotherapy for treatment of late-stage prostate cancer, researchers are studying whether chemotherapy should be used before or after surgery to treat early-stage, high-risk prostate cancer.¹⁰

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Author:	Kathe Gallagher, MSW Ralph Poore	Last Updated: July 24, 2006
Medical Review:	Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology/Oncology
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