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This site is designed to provide a basic understanding
of prostate cancer and the range of options available for the treatment of the disease, including the fastest growing treatment for prostate cancer, da Vinci Prostatectomy.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer
found in males in the United States. Sixteen percent of
American men will be diagnosed with the disease during
their lifetime. For a large majority of these men, treatment
for prostate cancer results in positive outcomes and a
return to good health.
With greater awareness of the high incidence
of the disease, it is now being found earlier and mortality
rates are declining. This fact, coupled with new medical
treatment options, provide new promise for victims of
prostate cancer. The vast majority of these patients
will go on to live active and productive lives after
treatment. Your urologist will explain the range of options
available to you to treat the disease.
 A
landmark
clinical paper, published by Mani Menon, M.D., Director
of the Vattikuti Urology Institute, describes superior
potency outcomes after prostate cancer surgery.
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more »
 Dec.
12, 2005 issue – Stuart
Forbes celebrated his 60th birthday on April 11. A week
later, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.... in
June, his girlfriend took him to a symposium on robotic
surgery. "I saw the
machine and how it worked," remembers Forbes. "It
was just incredible. I said, 'That's it'."
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A week before I was scheduled to run the Big Sur International Marathon, I found out that my PSA was a little elevated.
I didn’t know much about PSA, but I did know I was in the best shape of my life. This PSA thing must have been a fluke.
After competing Big Sur, which is one of the most difficult marathons on the face of this planet, I returned home and had another blood test.
This time my PSA was higher and it was recommended that I have a biopsy. Over the course of the next 6 months, I had several blood tests and two biopsies.
It was after the second biopsy on October 26th that it was determined that I had prostate cancer...
Read the entire story by Don S. of Fayetteville, GA »
da Vinci Prostatectomy
If your urologist recommends surgery
to treat your prostate cancer, you may be a candidate for
a new, less invasive approach to surgery called da Vinci Prostatectomy. This approach to prostatectomy provides access
to the internal anatomy through five small incisions. The
surgeon is empowered to perform a very precise, nerve-sparing
operation with the da Vinci ® Surgical System.
For the patient, da Vinci Prostatectomy may result
in more complete eradication of cancer, retention of bladder
control and potency.
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