Treatment can be directed toward curing the cancer if the tumor can be removed or seems able to be treated successfully and if the patient's medical condition permits.
If the tumor seems too large or if the patient is too old or not in good health, palliative therapy can be provided to slow tumor growth and reduce symptoms.
• Treatment for Cure External beam radiation therapy
using the linear accelerator is the treatment of choice.
Some experts, however, believe that a radical
prostatectomy can be done successfully in certain
cases of Stage C-1 cancers where the tumor is
confined closely to the prostate and the surgeon can
remove all the cancer with a margin of normal tissue .
Some urologists will give hormonal agents to shrink
