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

Hormonal Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Patrick Swift

Stanford Medicine

Later Stage

Hormone Therapy Helps Shrink Prostate Cancer

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Later Stage

Are the Side Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Worth the Risk?

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Later Stage

Abiraterone Boosts Survival Rates

Dr. Stephen Freedland
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Later Stage Treatment: Hormone Therapy

Later Stage Treatment: Radiation Therapy

Later Stage

Benefit Of External Beam Radiation: It’s Non-Invasive

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine

Dr. Patrick Swift

Stanford Medicine

Later Stage

How Effective Is Proton Beam Therapy?

Dr. James Brooks
Stanford Medicine

Later Stage

What's Involved in Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine

Later Stage

High-Dose Brachytherapy: Temporary and Fast

Dr. Patrick Swift
Stanford Medicine

Later Stage Treatment: Radiation Therapy

Later Stage Treatment: Are Clinical Trials an Option?

Why I'd Choose a Clinical Trial For Myself

Dr. Ben Neel
NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center

Treatment

When Should I Consider Clinical Trials?

Dr. Leena Gandhi

Dr. Alana Welm

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Later Stage

Clinical Trials and What Statistics Really Mean

Dr. Scott Strome
University of Maryland

Treatment

The Father of Immunotherapy Recommends Multiple Opinions

Dr. Steven Rosenberg
National Cancer Institute

Later Stage Treatment: Are Clinical Trials an Option?

What is the Immunotherapy Vaccine?

Later Stage

Immunotherapy Vaccine for Late-Stage Prostate Cancer

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 e... Read More

Dr. Stephen Freedland Cedars-Sinai Medical Center