The main task of cryotherapy for prostate cancer is to freeze the cancerous tissues. This therapy kills the cancerous cells. In the past, cryotherapy had a long lasting effect. With the advancement of technology, this effect decreases slowly. So, the side effects of cryotherapy have decreased now. This therapy causes a sexual dysfunction to men

Charles Huggins established hormone therapy 60 years ago from now. His invention worked dramatically. He won Nobel Prize for this invention. At first, he invented some cancerous cells in the body, later he invented the hormone therapy for reducing these cells. Another name for hormone therapy for prostate cancer is androgen deprivation therapy or androgen

Brachytherapy is one kind of radiotherapy. This is a kind of radiation treatment. This therapy is offered to the certain cancer patients. Two types of brachytherapy are given to the cancer patients. They are: HDR (that is called high dose rate) LDR (that means low dose rate) LDR prostate brachytherapy is the most commonly used

In external beam radiation for prostate cancer, highly powered beams are used. For example: in this case X-rays are used to kill the cancer cells. These high energy beams are emitted by a machine. It is called linear acceleration machine. This machine aims the beams to the prostate gland. These beams kill the cancer cells

Brachytherapy is a term that comes from the Greek word brachy (this means brief & short). This is a cancer therapy for prostate cancer. LDR is one kind of this therapy. In this therapy seeds are implanted in the prostate for reducing the cancer cells. Depending on the prostate cancer stages, Gleason score & PSA