Prostate cancer has no specific symptoms, since it usually occurs over the age of 50, when prostate enlargement is seen, patients consult doctors with symptoms caused by prostate enlargement. The main symptoms are difficulty urinating, waiting and thinning in urine. Radical prostatectomy surgery is the best worldwide accepted treatment of early-caught prostate cancer today. However, this surgery is usually not sufficient alone in some patient groups and additional radiotherapy and sometimes hormone therapy may be required.
What is Oncology?
Oncology is a branch of science that examines the formation, causes, diagnosis, treatment and relationship of tumors in the body with heredity. It examines non-cancerous cells as well as cancerous cells. This broadens the fields of interest in oncology. Medical oncology, which examines chemotherapy applications which means treatment of cancer with medication, also examines cancer prevention, cancer screening and early diagnosis applications. Radiation oncology is a medical science that studies the effects of treatment procedures using radiotherapy on cancer cells. Cancer surgeries are often performed by oncological surgeons with advanced expertise in the surgery of the respective cancer.
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