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| prostatic lesions are typically slow growing and conined to the |
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| bladder outlet obstruction, rectal pressure, stool changes, painful defecation, or painful ejaculation |
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| treatment options include |
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| watchful waiting, radiotherapy, brachytherapy, cryosurgery and radical surgery |
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| radical prostatectomy includes removal of the |
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| prostate gland, the outer capsule, seminal vesicles, sections of the vas deferns and sometimes a portion of the bladder neck |
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| extrnal beam radiation requires only a few mins for |
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| 5 days a week for 6 to 8 weeks |
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| side effects of external beam radiation |
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| skin dryness, irritation, diarrhea, cramping, GI bleeding, sexual dysfunction, fatigue, bone marrow suppression, various urinary symptoms such as dysuria, frequency, hesitancy, urgency and nocturia |
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| types of drugs used in hormonal therapy that inhibit the release of the pituitary hromones necessary for testosterone production |
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| luteinizing hromone releasing hormone, agonists and androgen receptor blocker, LHRH anologs, include leuprolide, gserelin acetate, buserelin, and triptorelin |
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| drugs that inhibit thaction of testosterone |
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| flutamide, bicalutamide, nilutamide |
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| other drugs that may be used to reduce testosterone production |
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| spironolactone, aminoglutheimide, glucocorticoids |
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