Which Therapeutic Treatment Option is Best for Prostate Cancer?

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PC) is the second most common cancer among men in the developed world. PC spreads very slowly and is often detected late, so it requires much more rigorous treatment options than if it had been detected early. As with most cancer treatments, all these treatment options have their fair share of advantages and disadvantages. After a prostate cancer diagnosis, an assigned oncologist and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) come up with a treatment option that gives the patient a fighting chance considering the stage of the cancer. However, there is no go-to treatment option, and it is important to consider what the patient wants; if there are certain side effects, such as incontinence, that the patient is steadfastly against, it’s important for the MDT to honour this as much as possible.