According to the American Cancer Society, those prostate cancer symptoms include:
- Difficulty urinating
- More urgency to urinate, especially at night.
- Blood in the urine or semen
- Erectile dysfunction
- Weakness in the leg or feet, or even loss of bladder or bowel control if the cancer is pressing on the spine.
- Pain in the hip, back, chest or other areas if the cancer has metastasized.
These warning signs of prostate cancer can mean it has developed to a more serious stage. However, these same symptoms can be caused by other medical conditions as well, which oftentimes are less serious.
That is why any time you notice any change in urinary symptoms or if you think there is something wrong, it is important to go to your doctor right away for an exam. It is always better to be safe rather than sorry.
Prostate Cancer Treatment
According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, doctors use chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, and hormone therapy to treat prostate cancer. Sometimes they use a combination of treatments too. That all depends on the type and stage of the cancer.
If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer and your doctors recommend radiation as part of your treatment plan, it is important to know you have options other than just traditional radiation. That is where the experts at the CyberKnife Center of Miami can help.
CyberKnife for Prostate Cancer
CyberKnife — a form of pinpointed radiation therapy — may be right for you.
CyberKnife is not a knife at all. It is cutting-edge radiation technology also known as stereotactic body radiation therapy or SBRT. It can destroy prostate tumors with precision leaving the surrounding healthy tissue unharmed.
Since the prostate is close to several vital organs, the traditional treatment for prostate cancer can be life-altering. It can interfere with urinary, bowel and sexual function. With CyberKnife, there are minimal side-effects, if any. They can include urinary and rectal irritation and fatigue. Medication can help minimize these, and they usually go away in a few days or weeks.
There is also a lower risk of toxicity with CyberKnife than with traditional radiation.
Clinical experience shows most patients do well with CyberKnife treatment, with cure rates of more than 98% for more than a decade.
Plus, CyberKnife only requires 5 radiation treatment sessions compared to 42 with other types of radiation!
Prostate Cancer Treatment Center: CyberKnife Miami
At the CyberKnife Center of Miami, we have treated hundreds of prostate cancer patients in South Florida and beyond. Even from other states and countries with excellent results.
Worldwide thousands more have been treated using the CyberKnife technology with great success.
Many patients come to CyberKnife Miami from afar because we have one of the most highly skilled and most experienced CyberKnife teams in the country. Our reputation for compassion and putting patients first is something we are equally proud of.
If you are curious what treatment will look like – check out our time-lapse video showing treatment for prostate cancer at the CyberKnife Center of Miami.
Our goal is to partner with you and hold your hand through your treatment journey. We get your cancer treated as effectively, safely, and quickly as possible with the least disruption to your life.
If you are concerned that you are experiencing warning signs of prostate cancer, or if you would like to find out more about prostate cancer treatment with CyberKnife, call us at
305-279-2900 or go to our prostate cancer website now for more information www.prostatecancertreatmentmiami.com