Prostate Center

1. Westgerman Prostate Center

Westdeutsches Prostatazentrum//Consultation hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (with appointment)

2. 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 ...

3. Laser therapy safer than TURP

... “Through a simultaneous sclerotherapy, blood loss during the intervention is decreased to almost zero”, explains Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. In addition, postoperative ...

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

Dr. Stephan Neubauer, Specialist in Urology at the West-German Prostate Center, was included in the list of „150 best physicians in Germany“. This list of leading experts was recently published by the ...

5. International Patients

Information for our International Patients:   As one of the leading centers in Europe the West German Prostate Center offers the entire spectrum of diagnostics, therapies, and ...

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

... or becoming more aggressive, further treatment may be called for“, explains Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West-German Prostate Center. Radical surgical procedures are often not justified ...

7. 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 ...

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

... or becoming more aggressive, further treatment may be called for“, explains Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West-German Prostate Center. Radical surgical procedures are often not justified ...

9. Laser treatment now also possible for benign prostatic enlargement

The West-German Prostate Center is the first Center in Germany to use a state-of-the-art high power diode laser in addition to the conventional green light laser. With a performance of 180 W, this high ...

10. IGRT increases precision in Radiation Therapy

... impotence and incontinence than surgery or external beam irradiation   As pioneers in the area of brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy), the West-German Prostate Center (WPZ) expanded its ...

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

... radiation therapists at the clinic that resulted from the many years of working together at the West-German Prostate Center (WPZ). Moreover, cooperation with other experts in regional quality circles that ...

12. Dr. Neubauer as Expert at the WDR

... the expert for prostate cancer from the West-German Prostate Center in our studio “at home and on the road”. The written form of the interview can be found here. Just click the start button for the live ...

13. Implementing the prostate cancer guidelines

... in an organ-defined and thus potentially treatable stage. “Thanks to the improved early detection methods”, so Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West-German Prostate Center, “we detect also those ...

14. Individually tailored treatment for prostate cancer

... the lifetime. On the other hand, many patients, who suffer from advanced tumors, are not receiving the proper therapy. Recently experts of the West-German Prostate Center discussed this dilemma of overtreatment ...

15. PSA test remains a standard screening method

... serious side effects, such as incontinence and impotence, can be kept to a minimal”, says Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West-German Prostate Center.   Focus on side effects In the future, ...

16. 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 ...

17. Ultrasound Elastography: accurate, quick and painless

... explains Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist of the West-German Prostate Center. In a biopsy, the urologist generally takes about six to twelve tissue samples, which is only about one percent of the total ...

18. Seed Implantation: success depends on team experience

... depends of the experience of the therapists. This has now been shown in a current study conducted by the West German Prostate Center (WPZ) in Cologne. Modern treatment methods in the area of medicine ...

19. New high-power laser for benign prostate hyperplasia

Since January 2008, the West German Prostate Center uses a cutting-edge new laser technique, the so-called LIFE laser therapy with the EvolveTM diode laser system 150,. The LIFE Laser therapy with the ...

20. Great response for the Prostate Patient Forum in Wiesbaden

... For over three hours, the urologist of Wiesbaden, and the experts of the German Prostate Center, answered questions posed by the audience. Wiesbaden, November 7, 2008 – More than 100 participants at ...