According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in America other than skin cancer, and about one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Through modern methods of detection, prostate cancer is often in its early stages at the time of diagnosis, when several options for treatment and cure are available.

In general, options for treatment of prostate cancer include surgical removal of the prostate, external beam radiation therapy with high energy x-rays, brachytherapy with implantation of radioactive seeds, freezing of the prostate gland with cryotherapy, hormonal...