Prostate Cancer: Later Stage Treatment
Prostate Cancer
Later Stage Treatment
Treatment for advanced prostate disease has improved dramatically over the last 10 years and continues to improve. In this series, SurvivorNet doctors help compare the pros and cons of each treatment.
Later Stage Treatment: Hormone Therapy
Later Stage Treatment: Radiation Therapy
Later Stage Treatment: Are Clinical Trials an Option?
What is the Immunotherapy Vaccine?
You may have heard about Provenge (also known as Sipuleucel-T), which is the only immunotherapy vaccine currently FDA-approved for the treatment of late-stage prostate cancer. Like other immunotherapy drugs, it uses a patient's own immune system to attack the cancer cells. The vaccine is usually given to men who have early metastasis and are not responding to androgen deprivation therapy. The trea... Read More