Prostate Carcinoma

1. HIFU and Cryotherapy are currently not justified

HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound), as well as cryotherapy prove not to be adequate alternatives for the treatment of localized prostate carcinoma. These are the latest findings in the new Prostate ...

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

... of a HDR brachytherapy and an external radiotherapy is successfully performed in patients with a localized prostate carcinoma. In comparison to the stand-alone therapy, the advantage of this combined therapy ...

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

... Journal HÖRZU (Edition 42, October 2009).  Dr. Neubauer has been involved, clinically and scientifically, for over 15 years in the treatment of prostate carcinoma and the benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). ...

4. International Patients

... center in 2002, more than 4000 brachytherapies have been performed treating localized restricted prostate carcinoma. The Westgerman Prostate Canter is founding member of the International Prostate Group ...

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

Thanks to improved early detection methods, prostate carcinoma are more often discovered at an early stage, and especially in Germany this still leads to radical surgical procedures. At the same time, ...

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

... of a HDR brachytherapy and an external radiotherapy is successfully performed in patients with a localized prostate carcinoma. In comparison to the stand-alone therapy, the advantage of this combined therapy ...

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

Thanks to improved early detection methods, prostate carcinoma are more often discovered at an early stage, and especially in Germany this still leads to radical surgical procedures. At the same time, ...

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

... prostate carcinoma was treated by surgery2. Additionally, Incontinence actually occurs only after previously performed transurethral prostate resection (TURP). What has already been ...

9. Department of Urology at the KLINIK am RING successfully certified

... Dr. Stephan Neubauer and Dr. Pedram Derakhshani. “Especially with modern high-specialized treatment methods, such as brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) for prostate carcinoma, the success depends ...

10. Implementing the prostate cancer guidelines

... BDU) wants to translate the new S3 Guidelines for the treatment of the prostate carcinoma into practice. In a statewide initiative furthering education, the currently available knowledge of early detection, ...

11. Individually tailored treatment for prostate cancer

... „The seeds remain in the body of the patient, where they emit their radiation targeting the prostate carcinoma for over a period of weeks or months “, explains Dr. Carsten Weise, also a radiology therapist ...

12. PSA test remains a standard screening method

Focus on side effects In the future, the PSA test will still be indispensible for the early detection, prognosis and assessment of prostate carcinoma, as well as for the planning of the needed therapy. ...

13. Ultrasound Elastography: accurate, quick and painless

... of the tissue to diagnose prostate carcinoma, it also avoids a second biopsy in many cases “, says the Cologne urologist. Recent  studies show that the hit ratio is almost twice as high as in conventional ...

14. PCA3 - New Gene Test for Prostate Cancer

... that is expressed exclusively in the prostate tissue and is passed in the urine. In case of metastization, the gene is especially active, and the prostate carcinoma cells form 60 – 100 times more PCA3 ...

15. Seed Implantation: success depends on team experience

... must be placed millimeter exact, in order to achieve the highest possible effect, and to spare surrounding tissues avoiding side effects, such as incontinence and impotence.“ If the prostate carcinoma ...

16. PCA3 - New Gene Test for Prostate Cancer

... 3) is a gene that is expressed exclusively in the prostate tissue and is passed in the urine. In case of metastization, the gene is especially active, and the prostate carcinoma cells form 60 – 100 times ...

17. Dr. Pedram Derakhshani

Dr. Pedram Derakhshani works since 1995 clinically, scientifically with emphasis on the minimal invasive treatment of the prostate carcinoma. In addition to the permanent seed implantations he has performed ...

18. Dr. Neubauer

Dr. Stephan Neubauer has been involved, clinically and scientifically, for over 15 years in the treatment of prostate carcinoma and the benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). In addition to the pioneer ...

19. Second opinion

... decision to “choose” the right treatment. To date, therapy of prostate carcinoma offers several treatment options with an equal chance for success. It is therefore even more important to weigh the pros ...

20. 11C-Choline-PET/CT

... tumors, there will also be an elevated level of choline in the cells. Radioactive choline (C 11 Choline) marked with carbon-11, can therefore in the tumor tissue of the prostate carcinoma be quantified ...