Most often when men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, they are told by their doctors that surgery is the best and even their only option. But that’s just not true! Men have numerous options and they should explore them all.
While their immediate reflex may be to schedule surgery to “get it out” tons of research shows often cancer can be eliminated and cured without surgery. An excellent advanced alternative cancer treatment is Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)—specifically CyberKnife.
For many patients, with localized to moderate prostate cancer, CyberKnife is equally effective, and a lot less disruptive to a patient’s life. Most can carry on with their daily activities, going to work, working out, whatever they want to do right after their CyberKnife treatment sessions.
There are a lot of reasons SBRT should be considered as a treatment option.
*It’s non-Invasive, no incisions, no anesthesia, and zero hospital stays.
*Many Fewer Treatments: Completed in just 5 sessions over 1-to-2 weeks, compared to 40 sessions over several months with older, conventional radiation therapy.
*Pinpoint Precision: Its missile guided technology tracks the prostate’s movement every second during treatment, continuously delivering high-doses of radiation to the tumor site, while sparing healthy surrounding tissue and vital organs like the bladder and bowels.
*Much lower risk of side effects: All clinical studies, and there are many of them, consistently show a significantly lower risk of long-term side effects, including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence compared to radical prostatectomy. With CyberKnife side effects are often minimal, can be treated with over the counter medications like Tylenol, and subside within a few weeks.
- Equal Cure Rates to Surgery: Long-term data demonstrates outstanding disease control rates for prostate cancer using CyberKnife. They are the same as surgery.
- Quality of Life – Least Disruption to a Patient’s Life During Treatment: CyberKnife Requires only 5 treatments, so your treatment journey is over and done with in a couple of weeks, instead of months.
Bottomline: A prostate cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean you have to rush into the most invasive option. But, it doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process. Prostate cancer can be treated effectively, safely, easily and quicker.
Prostate Cancer Treatment in Miami
At CyberKnife Miami our goal is to get you treated ASAP and back to your normal life. If you are NOT a candidate for CyberKnife, we will tell that right up front. Patients deserve to know all their choices so they can balance curing the disease with maintaining their quality of life. Do yourself a favor, explore SBRT/CyberKnife for prostate cancer.
It is the number one treatment choice for men who qualify for it. Call CyberKnife Miami at 305-279-2900 for a consultation, or with any questions you have.