Radical prostatectomy

Radical prostatectomy is surgery to remove all of the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it, to treat prostate cancer.
This is a link to a government health information site where you can learn the different types of radical prostatectomy.

September 4, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Prostate Cancer Treatment  No Comments

The Hot — And Cold — Interventional Radiology Treatments for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

ScienceDaily (Apr. 5, 2010) — The first known patient cases using magnetic resonance-guided heat (laser interstitial thermal therapy) or cold (cryoablation) to treat prostate cancer recurrence after surgical removal of the prostate gland were presented by physicians at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa. Many of these patients have also [...]

April 30, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Prostate Cancer Symptoms  No Comments