Do you have to take a shot every three months for a long period of time for prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer treatment does not necessarily require long-term three-month injection. Prostate cancer can choose different treatment programs according to different types and stages, as well as patients’ willingness to be treated, and its treatment includes radiotherapy, surgery and endocrine therapy. 1. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is a kind of treatment that kills tumor cells with high-energy rays or radioactive particles, mainly including external radiation therapy and brachytherapy. The indications are low-risk and middle-risk limited prostate cancer patients, and high-risk limited and locally progressive prostate cancer patients can choose radical external radiotherapy combined with endocrine therapy. 2. Surgery: usually radical prostatectomy, the surgery should take into account the risk classification of the tumor, the life expectancy of the patient and the overall health status. 3. Endocrine therapy: endocrine therapy can be combined with surgical treatment, radiotherapy or single use, including surgical debulking and drug debulking. Its commonly used drugs include leuprolide, goserelin, bicalutamide and abiraterone. Among them, leuprolide and goserelin are injectable needles, which can be injected once in 28 days or once in three months depending on their dosages. Abiraterone and bicalutamide are oral medications. All the above medicines need to be aware of the side effects and adverse reactions of the medicines, please use the above medicines under the supervision of your doctor. There are various treatment options for prostate cancer, which need to be decided comprehensively according to the patient’s condition and tumor stage.