Dr. Samadi and Curtis Sliwa discuss Curtis’ prostate cancer diagnosis, the non-surgical treatments that he attempted, and his eventual decision to undergo a robotic prostatectomy by Dr. Samadi at Mt. Sinai Medical Center.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Fortunately, continual advances are being made in this area and keeping yourself educated is the first line of defense. Nationally recognized expert, Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons with UC San Diego, explains the latest diagnostic and treatment options including surgery, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and new drugs on the market. Series: “Stein Institute for Research on Aging” [9/2011] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20492]

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Over 200000 American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. The New England Journal of Medicine has just released a new study showing the long-term benefits of two different common methods of prostate cancer treatment, watchful waiting and surgical prostate removal (most commonly done now through a procedure called a robotic prostatectomy). Dr. David Samadi, member of the Fox News Medical “A-Team” and Vice Chair of Urology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC, discusses this study and the role that robotic surgery can play in preventing deaths due to prostate cancer. Watchful waiting is a technique used by doctors where prostate cancer indicators, such as PSA levels, are used to monitor a patient’s risk of developing an aggressive form of the disease. In many cases prostate cancer is slow growing, and treatment may not be necessary as the cancer will never progress to a life-threatening point. Robotic prostate surgery takes a different approach to treatment, removing the prostate entirely from the body to eliminate all traces of the cancer. The study released by the NEJM shows that there is a large survival benefit for those who choose prostate removal as a treatment option; with a 38% lower risk of death versus watchful waiting. This is very important news for individuals who are deciding on an appropriate treatment method. With advancements in prostate surgery due to newer robotic methods, patients often don’t experience many of the side-effects associated with …

www.balancedhealthtoday.com www.balancedhealthtoday.com www.balancedhealthtoday.com Side Effects Of Prostate Cancer Androgen Hormone Therapy Antiandrogens are medications such as flutamide, bicalutamide, nilutamide, and cyproterone acetate which directly block the actions of testosterone and DHT within prostate cancer cells. They are a form of hormonal therapy which, in the treatment of prostate cancer, makes use of such medications (otherwise orchiectomy) to block prostate cancer cells from getting the dihydrotestosterone (DHT) hormone that is required for their growth and spread. This way these androgen treatments cause the tumor to stop growing and even shrink. Although they rarely cure the disease (since the cancers generally become resistant after a while), they are a good way to slow the disease down, especially when it is metastasizing. Prostate cancer hormone therapy is also called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or androgen suppression therapy because of this. The androgens, produced mainly in the testicles, stimulate prostate cancer cells to grow; and as stated in the previous chapter, lowering their levels in the patient often causes the cancer shrink or grow more slowly. www.balancedhealthtoday.com www.balancedhealthtoday.com