Treatment Options

Free Prostate Cancer Treatment Options And Services Are Tailored To Each Individual Patient.

In addition to providing free prostate cancer treatment for an initial 12 months, IMPACT also provides many other services. IMPACT:

  • Helps patients find a doctor or hospital for prostate cancer treatment that is close to where they live.
  • Provides short-term counseling for the patients and their spouses or partners.
  • Provides patients with nutritional information and how it relates to prostate cancer.
  • Offers clinical support or “care teams” to guide patients through every step of their prostate cancer treatment. 

What Prostate Cancer Treament Options Are Available?

IMPACT provides a variety of free prostate options. Read more in the FAQs below.

  • Active surveillance
  • Hormone therapy/ hormone treatment for prostate cancer
  • Brachytherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • External Beam Radiation Therapy
  • Radical Prostatectomy
  • Nurse Case Management

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Active Surveillance?

Active Surveillance is when a physician carefully monitors the progress of a patient’s prostate cancer. Usually, this method of treatment for prostate cancer is used only when the prostate cancer is very slow growing. The patient’s PSA (Prostate-Specific-Antigen) level is checked regularly and if the PSA level starts to rise then other treatment options are explored.

What is Hormone Therapy?

Hormone therapy is used to lower the level of male hormones, called androgens, in the body. Androgens are primarily made in the testicles. When the body has lower amounts of androgens in the body, it can cause prostate cancer to shrink or grow more slowly. Hormone treatment for prostate cancer will not cure the prostate cancer, but it will control the growth of the cancer.

What is Brachytherapy?

Brachytherapy is a type of radiation treatment for prostate cancer that works from inside the body to kill prostate cancer cells. Brachytherapy is also called internal radiation therapy or seed implantation. Brachytherapy is used to treat prostate cancer in its early stages when it has not moved out of the prostate gland.

What is Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer?

Chemotherapy is the use of powerful anti-cancer drugs to kill prostate cancer cells. When prostate cancer begins to grow while a patient is having hormone therapy, the patient’s doctor may suggest chemotherapy as a treatment option. While chemotherapy will not cure the prostate cancer, it may slow the cancer’s growth. Prostate cancer patients should discuss the potential risks and benefits of this type of treatment with their doctor.

What is External Beam Radiation Therapy?

External beam radiation therapy is when a doctor uses a computer to plan the exact dose (or amount) of radiation that is aimed at a patient’s prostate cancer. During this radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the computer uses information about the size, shape, and location of the prostate cancer to figure out how much radiation is needed to kill the prostate cancer cells. High doses of radiation are used to kill prostate cancer cells while protecting the healthy cells that surround the prostate cancer.

What is a Radical Prostatectomy?

A radical prostatectomy is a surgery where a surgeon removes the entire prostate gland and surrounding lymph nodes.

What is Nurse Case Management?

Nurse case management is coordinating all aspects of a patient’s prostate cancer treatment as well as other services provided by IMPACT.

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