There are several herbal remedies that have been reported to be effective for treating prostate cancer, but there is no medical evidence to support these claims.

Prostate cancer can be treated in more than one way. Depending on the rate of growth, age, life expectancy, stage and spread, many different therapies or a combination therapy is used.

In the early stage of prostate cancer, most individuals have no symptoms. However, when the cancer grows or spreads, the following symptoms may occur:
· weak urine flow
· frequent urination (especially at night)
· difficulty starting urination
· inability to urinate
· pain or burning sensation when urinating
· blood in the urine
· persistent pain in lower back, hips, or thighs (bone pain)
· painful ejaculation
· difficulty having an erection

All men over the age of 50 are at a risk for prostate cancer. More than 70% of men over the age of 65 are annually diagnosed with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer of men in the United States. Each year, close to 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer are discovered and 30,000 men die from the cancer annually.

There is a Chinese traditional medicine sold under the name Revivo that is known to be an immune system booster, which can be beneficial for cancer patients.

Thousands of people seek herbal therapy for the treatment of their cancer. There are numerous reasons for this, but the primary reason is that conventional medicine has failed to lived up to its expectations of curing cancer.

Beta carotene (provitamin A), may help decrease the risk of developing cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, beta carotene helps improve the immune system and this may help prevent cancers.

The goals of nutrition therapy for cancer patients are to restore nutrient deficiency, maintain nutritional health, and prevent complications. Good nutrition continues to be important for patients who have cancer. The goals of nutrition therapy for patients who have advanced cancer are designed to improve the quality of life.

Chemotherapy involves the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. These drugs have the ability to destroy rapidly dividing cells, but they are not specific only for cancer cells. Rapidly dividing normal cells on the skin and hair can also be affected by these drugs. However, normal cells usually have the ability to repair themselves after the chemotherapy.

The common cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immuneotherapy or a combination of these therapies. The choice of therapy depends on the location, grade and stage of the tumor. In addition, the functional status of the patient is an important factor in determining the therapy. The aim of any treatment is complete removal of the cancer, but this is rarely achieved with any therapy.