| " (Reuters) -- The type of prostate cancer treatment a man gets has a lot to do with the kind of specialist he sees first, according to a study released Monday that lends scientific evidence to something many men have likely guessed." "Prostate cancer can be treated effectively using radiation, radioactive seeds or surgical removal of the prostate. Surgery or drugs to stop production of testosterone, known as hormone therapy, may also be used in high-risk patients." "Each treatment is associated with different benefits and side effects. Prostate surgery can cause urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction; radiation therapy can cause diarrhea and erectile dysfunction; and hormone therapy can cause hot flashes and breast tenderness." ""You want your physician to convey this information without a bias," Dr. Thomas Jang, a urologist from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists." "Although the five-year survival rate for men with localized prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent, it is the third most common cause of cancer death in men of all ages, and the most common cause of cancer death in men over 75. (" "No scientific studies have proven which therapy works best, so men typically follow their doctor's recommendation, said Jang." "The study of more than 85,000 men aged 65 and older with prostate cancer that had not yet spread uncovered a strong correlation between physician type and treatment." "If a man's doctor happens to be a urologist, for example, the
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