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Understanding Your Prostate
Intro
How Prostate Cancer Is Different
The Decision Is Up To You
What Your Test Results Mean
Treatment Choices
Things to Ask Your Doctor
After Your Treatment
Education and Support Groups
A Choice and A Journey
 
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Understanding Your Prostate : The Decision is Up to You

So, as you can see, there are
a number of things to think about.

  • You now have prostate cancer and need to decide on a treatment.
  • You do not have a cancer that you know will get worse.
  • Early stage prostate cancer is different. It may get worse. But it may not.
  • The treatment may save you. Or it may cause problems that you could have avoided.
  • Some doctors will advise you to treat it. Some will advise you to wait and see.

You have to balance 2 things
about treatment.

  • If you choose to treat it, you have a chance for a cure.
  • If you choose to treat it, you may have serious side effects from the treatment.


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“I had to learn a lot and think on it before I could decide what treatment I wanted.

My doctor told me to take the time I needed.”