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The Latest Breakthroughs in Curing Prostate Cancer |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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Prostate cancer has an over 90% rate of cure when caught early. Prostate cancer is a highly curable disease with new breakthroughs in treatment being researched and developed every day. The first thing to do when you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, is to read everything you can find on new treatments and therapies. This way you will have the information you need to battle and cure prostate cancer and make an informed decision about your treatment.
The regular treatments for curing prostate cancer are:
* Surgery to remove the prostate and surrounding affected tissue. * Radiation or chemotherapy. * Hormone therapy. There is a new therapy where a small radioactive seed is placed in the prostate to kill the cancer. This is a new therapy but it has had a good success rate. A preventative therapy has to do with proper nutrition. You need the right amount of calories to maintain a proper weight. In addition you will need enough protein to keep up your strength. Exercise is also imperative to keep up energy and stamina. Researchers are now looking into genetics as a target to the prevention and cure of prostate cancer. The benefits of tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit, selenium, vitamins D, E,and A, fish oil and soy have been studied and are known to be positive in curing prostate cancer and in prevention of the disease. Every day there are new breakthroughs in the fight to cure prostate cancer. There has even been a study of those with diabetes and the positive effect the disease has in the prevention of prostate cancer. More information can be found on the prostate cancer website and on the website of the American Cancer Society. |