The SURVIVAL benefits between the four definitive treatment options (HIFU, cryoablation, radiation, surgery) for localized prostate cancer are similar.Survival,does not necessarily equate with CURE. Cure rates for prostate cancer have to be viewed with considerable caution simply because the data points used to generate the prostate cancer stage are inexact and this information is used […]

Dr Bert Vorstman has a vast 30 year experience in urology which has allowed him to develop a Minimally Invasive Prostate Cancer Treatment Center. His center is reassuring and comfort conscious and with a healing environment. For added patient convenience we have adjoining imaging and outpatient surgical facilities. What Sets Us Apart? an advanced sophisticated […]

There are six treatment options for prostate cancer,HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound), Cryoablation(freezing),Radiation,Surgery,Active Surveillance (AS) and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The last two,AS and ADT (“hormone shots”) are NOT definitive treatment options while HIFU,cryo,radiation and surgery are DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS for localized prostate cancer. These are the same four definitive treatment options available to men […]

Are you being presented with all of the options to treat localized prostate cancer? Studies have indicated that men often select a treatment therapy for their prostate cancer based upon the specialty of the physician they consulted. There are six broad categories of therapy options for treating prostate cancer.High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)Cryoablation (freezing)Radiation (various […]

All prostate cancer treatments and their outcomes demand integration with the patient’s quality of life after treatment.Quality of life (QOL) issues represent the subjective interpretation of expectations for well being by the patient (not the surgeon’s) and after prostate cancer treatment this is all about how a man and his wife or partner handle the […]