{"id":146,"date":"2017-01-24T16:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T19:13:07","slug":"prostate-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/prostate-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prostate Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"page-intro\">It is critically important for you to work with your care team to learn as much as possible about your cancer before making a decision about treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your treatment is for you, to help you live the best possible life despite your diagnosis. Make it personal.<\/p>\n<p>A concern among doctors caring for patients with prostate cancer is overtreatment. Men who are screened for prostate cancer could discover prostate cancer that is in need of treatment. But they could also be diagnosed with a disease that is so low risk that treatment is not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>For these men, careful consideration is in order. Many men who learn they have cancer want to do something\u2014anything\u2014to get rid of it. But in some cases, the cancer may be so small and so slow growing that it is not a threat to life at all. Driven by an urge to \u201cget it out,\u201d many men have had radical surgeries or radiation\u2014and experienced <a href=\"\/shipley\/prostate-cancer-treatment\/managing-side-effects\/\">side effects<\/a> that significantly reduced their quality of life\u2014when they could have chosen active surveillance, a plan to actively monitor the disease and postpone treatment until needed.<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say that opting out of treatment is the best choice. For certain men, treatment may be lifesaving or life lengthening. Men should talk to their doctors about their risk level and choose appropriate treatments accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Your doctor will help guide you through the available treatments\u2014and there are many.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t sure that you have enough information to decide on a treatment plan, revisit the pages about Prostate Cancer Testing and talk to your doctor about additional diagnostics that might help you move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is critically important for you to work with your care team to learn as much as possible about your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10977,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/section-landing-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shipley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}