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Our blogs are written by health professionals who have expertise in the field of prostate and prostate cancer. You can therefore be assured that the information provided is precise and accurate. The many topics covered are intended to help people better understand the effects of the disease, treatment options and how to improve their quality of life.
Why am I receiving hormone therapy?
Why am I receiving hormone therapy? Has your doctor recommended hormone therapy to treat your prostate cancer? Prostate cancer is a hormone-sensitive type of cancer, meaning its development is stimulated by male hormones: androgens and, more particularly, testosterone. Hormone therapy works by preventing your body from making or using these hormones, which stops your cancer from growing […]
Prostate cancer: Advances in radiation therapy
If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, your doctor will consider many factors before recommending the best treatment. For many of you, this may mean external and/or internal radiation therapy. There are also advances in radiation therapy. These include more sensitive and specific functional imaging called PET PSMA, new and more effective hormone therapies, […]
Permanent brachytherapy: What exactly is it?
Permanent brachytherapy often called low dose rate brachytherapy, administers very small doses of radiation. They are emitted from small sources containing radioactive iodine, called “iodine 125”. These sources look like grains of rice. They stay in your prostate forever. However, their radioactivity decreases over time. After 6 months, 95% of the radioactivity has disappeared. The presence of these sources does not cause any long […]
Radical surgery: 5 points to remember
If you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, your doctor will consider many factors before recommending the best treatment. For many of you, this may mean completely removing the prostate, which is radical surgery. Here are 5 points to remember if you are considering this option. Radical surgery: Is it for you? Radical surgery is the most common […]
Conventional or robotic surgery?
Here is a typical case of concern from a patient who has opted for radical surgery as a treatment for his cancer and who asks the famous question: Which surgery is better? Conventional or robotic surgery? Before answering it, let’s take a look at the context in which the question was asked of our nurses […]
Choice between radical surgery or radiotherapy?
Unless you are not a candidate for either option, there are generally no strict rules for deciding whether radical surgery or radiotherapy is preferable as a treatment. If your cancer is really confined to your prostate, it can be cured with surgery or radiation therapy. However, to benefit from a cure, your life expectancy must be […]
