Version May 2024
| External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) |
| Effective long-term cancer control with high-dose treatments |
| Very low risk of urinary incontinence |
| Available for cure of patients over a wide range of ages and in those with significant comorbidity |
| Brachytherapy |
| Cancer control rates appear equal to surgery and EBRT for organ-confined tumors |
| Quicker than EBRT (single treatment) |
| Available for cure of patients over a wide range of ages and in those with some comorbidity |
| Radical prostatectomy |
| Effective long-term cancer control |
| Predictions of prognosis can be more precise based on pathologic features in specimen |
| Pelvic lymph node dissection is possible through the same incision |
| PSA failure is easy to detect |
| Active surveillance |
| Reduces overtreatment |
| Avoids or postpones treatment-associated complications |
| Has no effect on work or social activities |
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