What are the advantages and disadvantages of prostate chemotherapy?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of prostate chemotherapy?

Mark Vogel (Board Certified Urologist) gives expert video advice on: What is 'prostate chemotherapy'?; What are the advantages and disadvantages of prostate chemotherapy?; What are other alternative forms of prostate cancer treatment? and more...

Generally chemotherapy is not used for the earliest stages for cure of prostate cancer. However, in addition to traditional treatments such as surgery or radiation, it may be helpful in eradicating metasthetic prostate cancer. The disadvantages include some of the normal toxicities of chemotherapy: nausea, vomiting, loss of hair, weakness, fatigue, and infections.