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Is chemotherapy a last resort treatment for prostate cancer?

Is chemotherapy a last resort treatment for prostate cancer?

Chemotherapy is typically given once cancer has moved beyond the prostate.  However, it is far from a last resort treatment.  Studies have shown that chemotherapy given early in men who have been newly diagnosed with cancer that has spread outside of the prostate have a significant improvement in survival. 

“For the first month or two, I continued to swim, though not as much as I had been. I assumed that if I stayed active it would help me through the chemo. I was never incapacitated in that sense. There were a few days where either I didn’t feel well or was really tired, so I didn’t go out and pound the pavement or anything.”

Prostatepedia Interview 8/28/18