Radiation Therapy: Prostate Cancer Treatment Option

Radiation therapy is one of the alternatives to consider when you are trying to decide on the best prostate cancer treatment for you.

Is Prostate Cancer Preventable?

“The most important thing to prevent prostate cancer is to pick your parents properly.” Dr. Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discusses a question they face often—Can prostate cancer be prevented? They discuss the role of race, diet, genetic profile and review important steps we can take to decrease our risk of facing prostate cancer.

How is Prostate Cancer Detected?

“PSA allows us to detect prostate cancer several years before that nodule would develop, at a much earlier stage, and therefore at a much more curable stage.” Drs. Schlegel (Department Chairman) and Tewari of Cornell Urology discuss the application of PSA tests, digital rectum exams, and other approaches that enable urologists to diagnose prostate cancer [...]

Managing a Rising PSA after Radiation Therapy

In some men, the PSA may still rise after radiation therapy. Is this dangerous? Do all men need to be treated? Can those who are potentially in danger be identified and selectively treated. Learn the answers in the accompanying video.

Prostate Cancer screening and treatment options!

Michael Cohen, MD from Lawrenceville Urology and Capital Health in Trenton, NJ discusses prostate cancer screening and prostate cancer treatment options including robotic davinci prostatectomy and robotic Cyberknife radiation therapy.

Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatments

An extra degree of precision will be added to radiation treatments for prostate cancer at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis following the installation of two new technologies in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

What are the Types of Prostate Cancer Surgery?

“Surgical removal of the prostate can either be done with an open incision, as has been traditionally been done, or with a robotic approach.” Dr. Tewari and Dr, Schlegel, of the Dept. of Urology at newyork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, present the two main types of prostate cancer surgery, as well as explaining the advantages/disadvantages [...]

How Accurate are Prostate Cancer Biopsies?

“It’s like poking into a pillow in which a couple of golf balls are hidden.” Dr. Tewari, of the Dept. of Urology at newyork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, discusses the prostate cancer biopsy and its effectiveness. While it’s the best they have, it is not perfect.

Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy

In this health video minute on prostate cancer, Dr. Schlegel (Department Chairman) of Cornell Urology discusses the process a patient enters when evaluating the risks of various treatments for prostate cancer including an acceptance of the risks and a balancing of the benefits. In this prostate cancer health video, the focus is on radiation therapy. [...]

My Dad has prostate cancer. What do you think of cryotherapy?

They said no surgery because he had colon cancer. They said he could have radiation or cryotherapy – that’s where they freeze the prostate. Has anybody heard of this and how well did it work? His colon cancer is gone and his Gleason score was 6 with a few 7′s. He is over 70.