There are four recognized definitive treatment options currently offered for localized prostate cancer,HIFU, cryoablation, radiation and robotic surgery. The best treatment outcomes after any one of these options is in men that have only truly localized prostate cancer, or cancer localized to the prostate and not outside the prostate. The survival benefits for localized prostate […]
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MICRO-FOCAL PROSTATE CANCER, does it need treatment?
A prostate needle biopsy result indicating a 5% or less of a Gleason 6 prostate cancer in one needle core only is termed a micro-focal prostate cancer. The diagnosis MAY be accurate after a standard 12 core needle biopsy and represent a very small volume of prosta te cancer BUT it may also represent a […]
THE POWERFUL BENEFITS OF HIFU FOR PROSTATE CANCER
When reviewing the treatment options for LOCALIZED prostate cancer you should study the complications associated with these individual treatment options. Especially so since the SURVIVAL BENEFITS of the four standard treatment options, HIFU, cryoablation,radiation and surgery are SIMILAR but the incidence of their complications are very different and these COMPLICATIONS affect not only the patient […]
Prostate Cancer Treatment Options and Quality of Life
Most men are asymptomatic when first diagnosed with prostate cancer and not only do they expect to survive but they expect to be cured without sacrificing their quality of life (QoL). Since the four broad categories of definitive treatment options for localized prostate cancer (HIFU,CRYO,RADIATION and SURGERY) result in similar survival benefits, it is very […]
DEFEAT YOUR PROSTATE CANCER WITH HIFU and DR VORSTMAN
Dr. Bert Vorstman has nearly 30 years of experience in treating men with prostate cancer. He is a specialist in minimally invasive treatment options for localized prostate cancer. HIFU stands for high intensity focused ultrasound and is a non surgical,non radiation state of the art treatment option for localized prostate cancer and has many advantages […]
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