Advanced Urology Associates Prostate Cancer Treatments

How Advanced Urology Determines Prostate Cancer Treatments

Advanced Urology is a state of the art institute that offers the most current treatment options. Whichever treatment you chose, you may trust our providers and staff in delivering the best care. We will provide your care from the time before diagnosis with prostate cancer, as well as throughout the entire course of your treatment.

The stage, along with PSA, Gleason score, Prolaris testing, imaging, age, and general health are all considered in determining treatment options. Advanced Urology offers innovative approaches to cancer care. Our providers will plan a treatment outline and help guide you in the decision about treatment, as this is a complex process.

The treatments for prostate cancer can be divided into those that are intended to cure your cancer (definitive therapies) and those that are palliative, intended to slow down the growth of the prostate cancer and treat its symptoms.

Definitive and Palliative Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

Watchful & Waiting Prostate Cancer Treatment

Watchful waiting and active surveillance are treatments used for older men who do not have signs or symptoms of prostate cancer or who have other medical conditions that contraindicate other treatment options.

Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy/RALRP (Removal of the Prostate)

Patient’s in good health, whose tumor is in the prostate gland only may be treated with surgery to remove the prostate, called radical prostatectomy. The intent is to cure, so the entire prostate gland is removed, along with some of the tissue surrounding it and removal of nearby lymph nodes. Traditional open surgery is performed through a large abdominal incision that extends from the umbilicus down to the pubic bone.

The newer surgical option, incorporating a state of the art surgical system, called da Vinci® prostatectomy, extends the physicians capabilities to perform radical prostatectomy using only five small incisions in the abdomen. The system allows technology to translate the physicians hand movements into precise movements using micro instruments through the tiny incisions.

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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) (Radiation Therapy)

Radiation therapy uses a stream of high-energy particles or waves, such as xrays, gamma rays, electrons, or protons to destroy or damage cancer cells.

Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer and is used in more than half of all cancer cases. It is often part of the main treatment for some types of cancer, such as cancers of the head and neck, bladder, lung and Hodgkin’s disease. Many other cancers are also treated with radiation therapy. Thousands of people become free of cancer after receiving radiation treatments alone or in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy (biologic therapy).

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Hormone/Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT)

(ADT) may be used in conjunction with radiation therapy if your cancer is more aggressive, with higher PSA, higher Gleason score, or if Prolaris results lean towards a more aggressive cancer. Male hormones, specifically testosterone, fuel the growth of prostate cancer. By reducing the amount and activity of testosterone, the growth of prostate cancer is slowed.

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