What is prostate cancer? When should I be screened for prostate cancer? What kinds of treatments are available for prostate cancer? What puts me more at risk for prostate cancer? What are the signs of prostate cancer? The American Cancer Society says nearly 200,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year [...]
What is IMRT? What is IGRT? Why do you need IMRT and IGRT when treating prostate cancer What are the benefits of treatment with IMRT and IGRT for prostate cancer? What does the patient experience when undergoing IMRT and IGRT? When prostate cancer strikes, it’s important that your doctor selects the most effective treatment options [...]
Finding out that a loved one has cancer often comes as a shock. If someone you love has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it may be a struggle to find the right words to comfort them and figure out the best way to support him. You may also worry about how your loved one’s cancer will [...]
High-dose-rate radiation therapy, or brachytherapy, is a procedure that involves placing radioactive material inside the body to allow doctors to deliver higher doses of radiation to more specific areas. “We have had low-dose-rate therapy as an option, but a patient had to be hospitalized and monitored,” says Maneesh Gossain, M.D., a board-certified radiation oncologist at [...]
When detected and treated early, the vast majority of prostate cancer patients are able to successfully overcome the disease. However, many people who are diagnosed with prostate cancer wonder if there were ways the disease could have been prevented in the first place. “We get a lot of questions about how to prevent prostate cancer,” [...]
