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Video and general information on the treatment of advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer
Your doctors may suggest an operation called a TURP as surgery to treat advanced prostate cancer
Radiotherapy may be given if the cancer has spread to other parts of the body
Hormonal therapy is the main treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer
Chemotherapy is mainly used to treat advanced prostate cancer that is no longer being controlled by hormonal therapy
This section gives ideas about what may help to relieve symptoms.
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