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About the Video:
Surgical robots are being increasingly used to lend a helping hand to surgeons as they treat a variety of medical conditions, including those caused by prostate cancer. In this two-part program, Dr. Michael Naslund and Dr. James Borin discuss the diagnosis and wide range of treatment options available for prostate cancer as well as those options available to treat benign (non-cancerous) prostate enlargement.

Specific topics covered in part one of this two-part interview include:

The prostate gland and its function
Benign prostate enlargement
Symptoms of an enlarged prostate
Medical treatment for enlarged prostate
Radio frequency treatment – TUNA procedure
Laser treatment
Prostate cancer – risks
Prostate cancer symptoms
Cryosurgery (freezing)
Radioactive seeds
Chemotherapy
Determining best treatment for prostate cancer

About the Expert:
Dr. Michael Naslund is a urologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and director of the Maryland Prostate Center. Dr. Naslund is also a professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Related Links:

Prostate Treatments and Robotic Surgery (Part 2)

Dr. Michael Naslund

http://www.umm.edu/doctors/michael_j_naslund.html

The Maryland Prostate Center

http://www.umm.edu/md_prostate/

UMMC Robotic Surgery Program

http://www.umm.edu/robotics/

Prostate Health Guide

http://www.umm.edu/prostate/index.htm

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My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 5 weeks ago. It was stage 1 and his gleason score was 3 .Last week he went in for surgery. they used a laser to remove it next they will implant a radiation seed it will last for 12 weeks. does anyone have anymore information on this type of treatment I am a little confused on how this works

This technique is called "brachytherapy", and is a great choice for patients who are acceptable candidates for it since it avoids the usually rather unpleasant potential side-effects of chemotherapy and the potential discomforts associated with "external" radiation treatment. The implanted "seed(s)" emit a low-level radiation that is powerful enough to travel only a very short distance, but far enough to destroy any cancer cells the laser surgery missed.

Here’s some commercial information:

http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/body.cfm?id=639

And the National Cancer Institute pages:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/prostate/Patient/page6

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/brachytherapy

Best wishes to your husband…