Treatments

We offer expertise in the full range of prostate cancer treatment options.

Because patients have different needs and different goals to achieve with their therapy, Duke takes a team approach to educate patients about the variety of available treatments and help them and their families make informed decisions.

Click the prostate cancer treatment for more information about what Duke offers, which physicians provide the service, and where to receive care.

Active Surveillance
Careful monitoring of a slow-growing cancer’s course

Chemotherapy
Treatment for patients whose cancers have progressed beyond the stage where surgery or radiation therapy alone can help

Cryosurgery
Technique that uses freezing of the prostate to kill prostate tissue. Also known as cryotherapy

Radiation Therapy
Radiation is a common treatment option to kill cancer cells in the prostate

Surgery
Treatments designed to eliminate the entire prostate gland