Do you know what is the latest curative treatment for prostate cancer?

It is not robotic or laparoscopic surgery, HIFU or protons. It is Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery.

Instead of undergoing 8 to 9 weeks of traditional radiation, or IMRT, the Texas Cancer Clinic offers a more advanced, non-surgical, prostate cancer treatment procedure which takes only 5 days.

What is this treatment?
The specialized procedure is called Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) of the Prostate. It’s a non-surgical form of radiation therapy which is ideal for early cancers of the prostate. Doctors use specialized imaging equipment to pinpoint the exact location of the cancer cells and deliver multiple, precise, small beams of external radiation with sub-millimeter accuracy.

The specialized radiation delivery system allows our team of skilled doctors, physicists, and therapists to deliver a very high dose of radiation to the prostate with laser-like accuracy, in a short amount of time. Many experts believe that these higher radiation doses per treatment may more effectively kill cancer cells than the more prolonged treatment course of IMRT.

Why the Texas Cancer Clinic?
World-renowned prostate cancer expert, Dr. Bradley Prestidge, is a Stanford- trained radiation oncologist and is the President and founder of the Texas Cancer Clinic (TCC) and member of the Board of Directors of the American Brachytherapy Society.

With more than 20 years experience in treating prostate cancer, Dr. Prestidge has provided his expertise through publications, lectures, and courses to physicians and students from all over the world.  He serves on numerous national boards as a consultant in the research and development of improving prostate cancer treatment techniques.  Dr. Prestidge and his colleagues are the only specialized team in South Texas to deliver this advanced, highly technical form of prostate cancer treatment.

SRS FACTOIDS:

* Since higher doses of radiation per treatment are administered, Prostate SRS treatment time only lasts 5 days compared to the usual 8-9 weeks of conventional IMRT radiation.

* The advantage of SRS is it’s delivery of radiation with greater precision to the cancer than other options.

* SRS is so precise, it was originally developed to treat tumors of the brain and spinal cord.  This precision has allowed a number of specialized centers across the U.S., to treat prostate cancer with excellent results.

To discuss this new approach and other treatment options, call 210.247.0888, ask for Sissie.