Friday, December 4, 2009

my dad has prostate cancer they want to do cryotherapy

my dad has prostate cancer they want to do cryotherapy?
they said no sergery because he had colan cancer they said he could have radiation or cryotherapy thats were they freeze the prostate has anybody heard of this and how well did it work his colan cancer is gone and his gleason score was 6 with a few 7's he is over 70
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3539.htm http://www.prostate-cancer-institute.com/prostate-cancer-treatment/cryosurgery.html http://www.prostate-cancer.com/cryotherapy/treatment-description/prostate-cryotherapy-description.html
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The goal of cryotherapy is to eradicate prostate cancer by freezing the prostate gland. The doctor inserts needles into the prostate gland through the perineum, the area between the scrotum and anus. The needles produce very cold temperatures. Freezing destroys the entire prostate, including any cancerous tissue within it. Although the technique hasn't been around as long as surgery (it began in the 1990s), its success rate is approximately the same as surgery and radiation.
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Yea it is a newer process but it works well...
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Well prostate cancer hits 8 out of 10 men in a life time. Prostate cancer is usually a slow growing cancer unless the Gleason score is high. This score measures how fast the prostate cancer will grow. You did not state if your dad colon cancer is in remission or still active. I do not understand why they will not do surgery on your dad unless he is older than 65 and the Gleason score is low. Radiation therapy daily for 6-8 weeks usually kills or really slows down the cancer but then again it all depends on how advanced the colon cancer is. Radiation sometimes affects the colon area. Cryotherapy can work and studies do show it will slow down the prostate cancer. Have your father ask for a second opinion. And if you can follow up with some more information about your dad. This way you can get more information on his cancer. Also you can go to prostate cancer in the Internet and look up all the different treatments for prostate cancer. Good luck to you. My dad had his prostate removed and is cancer free 2 years later and counting. So I know what you are going threw right now...

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