Prostate Cancer

1. Prostate Cancer: Patients over 70 Years often undertreated

Die Diagnose Prostatakrebs bedeutet heute längst kein Todesurteil mehr. Wird die Erkrankung mittels PSA-Test, Ultraschall und Abtasten rechtzeitig entdeckt, ist sie in vielen Fällen heilbar. Obwohl Prostatakrebs ...

2. HIFU and Cryotherapy are currently not justified

... JM, Gelet A. Control of Prostate Cancer by Transrectal HIFU in 227 Patients. Eur Urol 2007;51(2):381-7.      ...

3. HDR-Brachytherapy delivers outstanding cure-rates and quality of life

HDR-Afterloading therapy provides excellent results / The West-German Prostate Center introduces its latest study at the EAU in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona April 18, 2010 – Prostate cancer patients-with ...

4. PSA test cuts mortality rate in half

... at the beginning of the 1980s, the test for early detection of the prostate cancer is now even more critically discussed than ever before. The recent discussions were caused by two American studies that ...

5. Dr. Neubauer among the best seven Urologists in Germany

... the International Prostate Cancer Group. Klicken Sie hier um den ganzen Artikel zu lesen (PDF-Datei) ...

6. PSA test cuts mortality rate in half

... the test for early detection of the prostate cancer is now even more critically discussed than ever before. The recent discussions were caused by two American studies that were published last year by the ...

7. International Patients

... the West German Prostate Center specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer with innovative Advanced-Technology Radiation Therapy, the so-called brachytherapy. Since founding of the interdisciplinary ...

8. Prostate Carcinoma: just wait and see, and not do anything?

... observation of the tumor was the treatment recommended to Heinz L. from Bornheim, Germany. Two weeks ago, the 58-year-old businessman was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a preventive medical checkup. ...

9. HDR-Brachytherpay delivers outstanding cure-rates and quality of life

HDR-Afterloading therapy provides excellent results / The West-German Prostate Center introduces its latest study at the EAU in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona April 18, 2010 – Prostate cancer patients-with ...

10. Prostate Carcinoma: just wait and see, and not do anything?

... observation of the tumor was the treatment recommended to Heinz L. from Bornheim, Germany. Two weeks ago, the 58-year-old businessman was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a preventive medical checkup. ...

11. More side effects after robot-assisted surgery

... invasive technique, these complications are even more pronounced after robotic-assisted surgery than after standard surgical therapies for localized prostate cancer. The results of the study show that ...

12. Guidelines confirm: less impotence and incontinence after seed implantations compared to surgery

What has already been evidenced in numerous international studies1, has now been confirmed by leading experts: prostate cancer patients, who receive brachytherapy (internal beam radiation), suffer significantly ...

13. IGRT increases precision in Radiation Therapy

For a long time, radical surgery of the prostate was believed to be the only successful treatment method for prostate cancer. However, meanwhile modern treatment techniques for the management of prostate ...

14. Dr. Neubauer as Expert at the WDR

... results to be interpreted? Does a PSA level 4 require immediate surgery? Are there alternative treatments? These and many other questions about the „prevention of prostate cancer“, are answered live by ...

15. Implementing the prostate cancer guidelines

None of the developments in medicine is beneficial, if it does not reach the patient. For this reason, the Professional Association of the German Urologists (Berufsverband der Deutschen Urologen e.V., ...

16. Individually tailored treatment for prostate cancer

... Recently experts of the West-German Prostate Center discussed this dilemma of overtreatment and undertreatment at the 9th Uro-Oncological Update Symposium in Cologne. Prostate cancer is the most frequently ...

17. PSA test remains a standard screening method

... and impotence, can be kept to a minimal”, says Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West-German Prostate Center. With 58 000 newly diagnosed cases per year, prostate cancer is the most common tumor ...

18. International Research Association founded

The West German Prostate Center together with the New York Prostate Institute has initiated a research association, the International Prostate Cancer Group (IPG). The association of prostate cancer specialists ...

19. Ultrasound Elastography: accurate, quick and painless

For patients with suspected prostate cancer, there is now a new diagnosis technique available. With the so-called real-time elastography, images of the tumor are a more accurate. This not only allows for ...

20. PCA3 - New Gene Test for Prostate Cancer

PCA3 - when does it make sense?PROGENSA PCA3, the world's first gene-based urine test developed in the United States, is a molecular genetic screening of the urine. PCA3 (Prostate Cancer gene 3) is a gene ...