At the American Urological Association’s Annual Meeting held in May of 2015 in New Orleans, Peter A. Pinto presented information highlighting the current status of focal therapies for prostate cancer. According to the report, over 27,500 men were estimated to die from prostate cancer in 2015, pointing to the need for a more effective and […]

At the 2015 European Congress of Radiology, Dr. Hashim Ahmed, senior lecturer at the University College London, presented data on his results using HIFU to treat over 500 men with prostate cancer. According to his results, this treatment, and other treatments that target the cancer rather than the entire gland, have excellent results. Traditionally, men […]

B​ert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS w​ww.urologyweb.com The robotic prostatectomy is probably associated with more complications than any other surgical procedure. Furthermore, it is the only procedure where its many complications will also impact your spouse/partner and, commonly lifelong. The following will let you understand why the robotic prostatectomy and its many complications is […]

B. Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS w​ww.urologyweb.com The most common cause of prostate cancer grade creep is NOT some progressive worsening of a prostate cancer grade (aggressiveness), but a tendency for some pathologists to overestimate or inflate a Gleason grade and score to have a man thinking that his disease is more significant than […]

CORAL SPRINGS, FL—MAY 18, 2015— A South Florida‐based urologist today has issued a stinging report critical of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to approve robotic surgery for treating prostate cancer on the basis of only some low‐level and irrelevant gallbladder studies. Dr. Bert Vorstman is a proponent of focal therapy in certain cases […]