Early intervention best approach to prostate cancer treatment
June 5th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancerAn urologist at Baylor College of Medicine suggests early-stage intervention in prostate cancer is the best approach to treatment of the disease.
Because prostate cancer, when caught in the early stages, is highly treatable and curable, it is recommended that men at age 50 to have a PSA test every year. Men with a family history of prostate cancer and African American men should begin yearly screenings at age 40. Men should continue prostate cancer screenings and consider treatment if necessary into their late 70s.
Depending on a man’s age, there are recommended blood levels that may indicate the need for a biopsy and further treatment. Standard forms of early prostate cancer treatment include surgery (removal of the prostate gland) and radiation therapy.