Therapy options over the phone
Together we want to find the best treatment option for you. Although a phone call is not exactly the same as a personal conversation, it is a very good alternative. A video-call would also be possible. Please read the following information before the talk. Together with further information that you will receive in the telephone call, It will be easier for you, to make the best possible therapy decision.
1. A word in advance
You have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. In this situation we would like to encourage you.
An open letter to you from Prof. Hartwig Huland
2. Therapy options - an overview
Successful therapy depends on age, surgical risk, growth rate of the tumor and personal circumstances as well as any comorbidities. These criteria are included in an initial consultation with our prostate cancer specialists. They will inform you in a trustful and detailed manner about the various established therapy methods and their possible advantages and disadvantages.
There are four scientifically wellestablished strategies available for the treatment of localized prostate cancer, which we here present to you in detail:
- Complete removal of the prostate (radical prostatectomy)
- through open surgery
- through a robot-assisted operation (with da Vinci® or the Hugo™ RAS system)
- Radiotherapy
- from the outside through the skin (percutaneous radiotherapy)
- Brachytherapy with permanent implantation (seeds) charged with a low dose rate of radiant material, or
- temporary implantation of a high dose rate charged radiant source
- Focal therapy (treatment of the tumor focus in the prostate)
- Active surveillance
At the Martini-Klinik we have a lot of experience in all four therapy options. Every year, around 2,500 patients decide for the surgical removal of the prostate (almost half of them opt for robot-assisted surgery). Approximately 200 patients choose radiation therapy (percutaneous or implant) and focal therapy is suitable for around 50 patients. In active surveillance we look after around 150 men.