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These are some of the more widely known prostate cancer treatment options.
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Traditionally this operation therapy has been used as a prostate cancer treatment option through the use a surgical procedure known as soon orchidectomy. This surgical procedure is wildly unpopular in men, however has now been replaced by a hormone drug treatment.
This drug controls the production and release of testosterone or prevents testosterone from being made into the metabolite dihydrotestosterone. These are cancer or stimulating hormones, as such it is important to tightly control their production. Because it is a minimally invasive treatment, it is one of the more popular prostate cancer treatment options.