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Combination therapy for prostate cancer
By Mayo Clinic staffWith combination (multimodal) therapy, treatments are combined in various ways. One of the most common techniques for more advanced stage prostate cancer is to use external beam radiation along with seed implants (brachytherapy). Other methods may combine hormonal drug treatment, radiation and surgery.
The interaction between radiation and hormone therapy isn't clearly understood. For people with more aggressive cancer, combined external beam radiation and hormone treatment has been shown to result in better survival rates than external beam radiation alone. Studies are under way to examine this issue and the use of drug hormone therapy before radiation treatment in men with early-stage disease.
Radiation therapy may be recommended after surgery in some high-risk men in an attempt to decrease the risk of cancer coming back.
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