Dr. Bert Vorstman is joining other organizations nationwide to promote prostate cancer awareness during September. Dr Vorstman has developed his website, www.HIFUrx.com as a resource to empower a man and his spouse with knowledge on prostate cancer and treatment options. Prostate cancer is a silent disease and although most common in men after age 65, […]
Cure and Survival in Localized Prostate Cancer
Cure means complete disappearance of disease and restoration of health. For prostate cancer,many of the data points used to assess the stage of a man’s prostate cancer and his risk for progression of the disease are affected by physician subjectivity for interpreting scale of disorder. If the data points can be so affected by subjectivity […]
10 BEST TIPS TO DETERMINE NEED FOR PROSTATE BIOPSY
> digital rectal exam (DRE) > PSA > PSA Kinetics (velocity, PSAV and doubling time, PSADT) A PSA increase (velocity) of 0.75 ng/ml/y in a PSA range of 4-10 ng/ml over at least 18 months is considered to be significant. Determining the PSADT, which is the length of time in months for a PSA to […]
Recurrent Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
The same four definitive treatment options available initially for localized prostate cancer are also available for treating a possible recurrence of localized prostate cancer.. These treatment options are High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU),Cryoablation (freezing),Radiation (various forms) and surgery (various types). The four categories of treatments have similar survival benefits but the first three have less […]
Treatment Choices for Localized Prostate Cancer
There are four DEFINITIVE TREATMENT options for localized prostate cancer, HIFU, cryoablation,various radiation therapies and various surgical options. Unfortunately,many urologists and cancer support groups have little or no experience with all four definitive treatment groups so men are usually counseled with one, or possibly two options that their physician is familiar with. In the appropriately […]