Options for Prostate Cancer Treatment and Surgery in India

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Surgery in India

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) - It makes use of high frequency energy to heat and destroy cancer cells in the prostate gland.When these sound waves are concentrated on body tissues, the tissues heat up and die. Specialists target the area containing the cancer.It is an outpatient procedure generally performed under local or general anesthesia. As HIFU is non surgical, there is no incisions or blood loss and recovery is quick.

Robotic Surgery - Robotic surgery for prostate cancer removal is an advanced technique whereby the robotic arms hold the surgery tools. The advantages of this surgery type are very high precision in performing the surgery and reducing the risks associated with the surgery.

Cyber Knife Treatment - In this procedure, the patient lays still and breathes normally while the CyberKnife zeroes in on the prostate and irradiates it without harming surrounding areas. The procedure is more comfortable for patients, as radiation is given accurately and treatments are completed in four to five days.

Laser Surgery - This procedure has emerged as the top choice for most patients. It is minimally invasive as all work to open the prostate channel made through the penis, is done without an incision on the abdomen. This surgery helps patients urinate better and with a good stream. The patient is able to empty his bladder fully after the surgery.In Laser Surgery for Prostate cancer, the obstructive prostate tissue is vaporized by the directed laser beam.

Radical Prostatectomy - It is the surgery done to remove the entire prostate and any nearby tissues like seminal vesicles and some nearby lymph nodes. Radical prostatectomy can be done as either open or laparoscopic surgery. The surgeon removes the prostate through a cut in the abdomen, or makes a series of small cuts instead of one larger cut. Sometimes prostate is removed through a cut in the area between the testicles and the back passage.After the prostate gland is taken out through an incision, a catheter is placed in the bladder to pass urine out of the body until the area heals.

Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy - A thin tube with a tiny camera is deployed. Small cuts are made near the tumor site, and thin tools remove the tumor and surrounding tissue. Patients are usually given general anesthesia that blocks nerve routes from the spine and numbs the area.

External beam Radiotherapy - This treatment deploys high radiation dose just on the area of the prostate gland. The whole of your prostate gland is treated along with an area of 1 to 2 centimetres around it.

Brachytherapy - Brachytherapy makes use of high dose of radiation reducing the risk of damage to nearby healthy tissue while destroying the tumor. Doctors place Brachytherapy seeds inside a body cavity or insert seeds into body tissue using hollow needles. It may be used alone or with radiation given externally. Radioactive seeds may be left permanently in place or removed after some time.

Hormone Therapy - Hormones occur naturally in your body and control the growth and activity of normal cells. Prostate gland cancer depends on the male hormone testosterone to grow. Lowering the amount of testosterone in the body can reduce the chance of an early prostate cancer coming back after treatment.

Chemotherapy - Chemotherapy involves drugs to kill cancer cells. It is used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and is used mainly if hormone therapy is not controlling the cancer.

Cryotherapy - Cryotherapy uses an instrument to freeze and destroy abnormal tissue. Cryosurgery can be used to treat men who have early-stage prostate cancer that is confined to the prostate gland. It is less well established than standard prostatectomy and various types of radiation therapy. Long-term outcomes are not known. Because it is effective only in small areas, cryosurgery is not used to treat prostate cancer that has spread outside the gland, or to distant parts of the body.