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Post a new topicby contentuser on Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:17 am

Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Prostate Cancer(Free Handout)


Surgery

Good candidates for surgery to treat prostate cancer have one or more of the following characteristics:

Good health
No spread of cancer to bone
Tumor confined to the prostate gland (stage T1 and T2)
Under the age of 70
Expected to live another 10 years or longer


Depending on the extent of the disease, there are several surgical options for prostate cancer



Cryosurgery


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