Scott Kahn, MD offers a variety of treatment methods for prostate cancer. Like other forms of the cancer, prostate cancer treatment is determined by a few factors, including the grade and stage of the disease, a patient’s age, and more. Once your cancer has been diagnosed and studied, our specialists will determine a specific treatment plan that’s unique to you and your lifestyle.
Treatment Options
Active Surveillance: Involves monitoring prostate cancer symptoms over an extended period of time. With active surveillance, a prostate cancer patient will receive a clinical assessment of symptoms, monitor the prostate with rectal examinations and PSA testing, use prostate imaging, and perform prostate biopsies at regular intervals.
Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery: Requires the use of the da Vinci® robotic surgical machine to remove malignant or enlarged prostate tissue. Robotic prostate cancer surgery is minimally invasive and enables a surgeon to use small, precise instruments to treat patients.
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU): Uses high-frequency ultrasound waves to heat and destroy cancer cells within the prostate. HIFU targets cancerous tissue and ensures tissue outside the focal point remains intact.
MRI Brachytherapy: Involves the placement of radioactive seed implants into the prostate gland to help localize radiation treatment to the prostate and minimize the effects to the surrounding structures (bladder and rectum).
Cryotherapy: Requires freezing the prostate with liquid nitrogen. Cryotherapy is commonly used to address the recurrence of prostate cancer after radiation treatment has failed.
Hormonal Therapy: Helps reduce a man’s supply of testosterone, the hormone that makes prostate cancer cells grow quickly. Hormonal therapy targets cancer that has spread beyond the prostate gland.
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)/MRI TrueBeam Therapy: Targets and administers radiation to prostate cancer cells with unparalleled accuracy and precision. IMRT usually takes about eight-and-a-half weeks to administer.