Hirslanden Private Hospital Group
Switzerland, Zurich
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What are the treatment methods of the prostate cancer at Hirslanden Private Hospital?
The four methods of the prostate cancer treatment at Hirslanden:
- chemotherapy is mostly used when the metastases are detected;
- hormone therapy may include the adrenals affection;
- estrogene therapy as well as the affection of ovaries and the hypothalamus;
- the surgical treatment may be divided into organ preserving surgery of the prostate and radical prostatectomy.
The doctors used to combine the surgical treatment with radiotherapy. The radiotherapy is divided into external radiotherapy (i.e. 70-80 Gy per dose) and brachytherapy. The latter is administration of the radioactive substances.