Does the Radical Prostatectomy Ever Cure Anyone of Prostate Cancer



April 28 2005 Because of the new book Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery men are asking hard questions about what urologists tell them The book points out that the popular prostate cancer operation called the radical prostatectomy has failed to increase overall survival in two randomized controlled studies Holmberg et al and Iversen et al The radical prostatectomy is known for its side effects It makes all men sterile and there is a significant likelihood of suffering side effects such as a smaller penis impotence incontinence and urinary strictures scarring and blocking of the urinary passage A cure in my opinion is something that restores you to normal health without permanent side effects An emergency appendectomy can be a cure However the radial prostatectomy always leaves men with permanent side effects such as sterility and sexual dysfunction At best the radical prostatectomy is a sacrifice not a cure says Dr Hennenfent Many men can be found that say the radial prostatectomy destroyed their quality of life Dr Hennenfent is just one of many physicians who are speaking out about the radical prostatectomy and his book quotes several other doctors Without a randomized controlled trial showing an improvement in overall survival radical prostatectomy should not be accepted as standard treatment for newly diagnosed men with prostate cancer ... we still lack proof of its effectiveness Charles E Myers MD Director American Institute for Diseases of the Prostate I expect that within five years we will see the death of the radical prostatectomy as a treatment for prostate cancer Dr Gary Onik Cryosurgeon and Director of Surgical Imaging at Celebration Health Hospital Celebration Florida If radical prostatectomies worked the data would be there The reason the data is not there is because radical prostatectomies don't work Dr Robert Leibowitz of Compassionate Oncology Medical Group No prospective randomized trial has ever found radical prostatectomy to be both necessary and effective Although I did the first ever nerve sparing radical prostatectomy at New YorkCornell Hospital I've abandoned the radical prostatectomy for my prostate cancer patients There is always a better treatment option Urologists need to tell the truth and do what's right based on the medical literature It's a mistake that urologists don't give up their patients unless it's a hopeless situation when clearly the patients that are being operated on could be better served by other therapies W Reid Pitts Jr MD FACS of the urology group Draper Lavengood Ward and Pitts PC Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery enumerates several nonsurgical treatments for prostate cancer and recounts inspiring success stories brought about by these treatments Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery devotes individual chapters to such treatments as watchful waiting active noninvasive therapy PCSPES radiation therapy radiation seed implants 3dimensional radiation therapy combined precision irradiation cryotherapy estrogen prostate cancer vaccines and hormone blockade Dr Hennenfent's book also discusses what causes prostate cancer how it can be prevented and how it is diagnosed The web site for the book is wwwSurvivingProstateCancerWithoutSurgeryorg Dr Hennenfent is a leading prostate health activist who has seen five uncles suffer from prostate cancer He previously wrote a book entitled The Prostatitis Syndromes which tackles prostatitis a disease characterized by inflammation of the prostate Dr Hennenfent cofounded the Prostatitis Foundation wwwProstatitisorg founded the Epididymitis Foundation wwwEpididymitisFoundationorg and founded the Acoustic Neuroma Foundation wwwAcousticNeuromaFoundationorg Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery can be found in fine bookstores everywhere Biblio Distribution 8004626420 and Roseville BooksRayve Productions 8884922665 distribute the book which retails for $1995 is a trade paperback has 334 pages 34 chapters ISBN Number 0971745412 and was published January 15 2005 Twentyseven illustrations and cartoons are included within the book which also includes an extensive index Contact us nbspnbspnbsp email protected from spam bots wwwSurvivingProstateCancerWithoutSurgeryorg



Does the Radical Prostatectomy Ever Cure Anyone of Prostate Cancer