Prostate Health

Find out how you can proac­tive­ly care for your health and what screen­ings you should rou­tine­ly schedule.

Our Brachyther­a­py team shares the rea­sons why you should con­sid­er brachyther­a­py treat­ment when diag­nosed with prostate cancer. 

Our Brachyther­a­py team shares the com­mon sides effects of brachyther­a­py treat­ment for prostate cancer. 

Our Brachyther­a­py team shares what you should know about prostate can­cer screening. 

When it comes to prostate can­cer treat­ment there are many dif­fer­ent options for care. Did you know that rough­ly 25 per­cent of men who receive radi­a­tion treat­ment have a recur­rence? A treat­ment called sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py has become avail­able to help treat prostate can­cer reoc­cur­rence. Sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py can offer men a sec­ond chance as long as the can­cer has­n’t spread beyond the prostate.

Your prostate is a wal­nut-sized, mus­cu­lar gland locat­ed below your blad­der, and is respon­si­ble for secret­ing prostate flu­id which helps the flow of sem­i­nal flu­id. As part of the male repro­duc­tive sys­tem, your prostate gland grows sig­nif­i­cant­ly dur­ing your teenage years, near­ly dou­bling in size, and will con­tin­ue to grow for the remain­der of your life. In some cas­es, the prostate may become larg­er than aver­age, a con­di­tion called benign pro­sta­t­ic hyper­pla­sia (BPH). An enlarged prostate gland can put pres­sure on your uri­nary tract and impair the flow of urine from your blad­der. Oth­er com­mon signs of an enlarged prostate include:

Prostate can­cer affects the prostate gland and may spread to sur­round­ing struc­tures. While most men with prostate can­cer have no symp­toms, physi­cian can find prostate can­cer dur­ing a reg­u­lar check­up, using a com­bi­na­tion of a blood test called a PSA and a dig­i­tal rec­tal exam (DRE).

Referred to by many as robot­ic surgery for prostate can­cer, or robot­ic prosta­te­c­to­my, da Vin­ci Prosta­te­c­to­my is more accu­rate­ly a robot-assist­ed, min­i­mal­ly inva­sive surgery that is quick­ly becom­ing the pre­ferred treat­ment for removal of the prostate fol­low­ing ear­ly diag­no­sis of prostate can­cer. In fact, stud­ies sug­gest that da Vin­ci Prosta­te­c­to­my may be the most effec­tive, least inva­sive prostate surgery per­formed today.