Treatments for Prostate Cancer

For patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, there are several options available including:

• Surgery - including robotic prostatectomy
• External beam radiation therapy (three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or 3D-CRT or intensity modulated radiation therapy with daily image guidance, IMRT/IGRT)
• Prostate brachytherapy
• Hormone therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Cryosurgery
• Watchful waiting

Patients should discuss each option with their urologist. If a patient is a candidate for, and selects radiation therapy, there are important facts to understand.

About The Columbus Prostate Cancer Center

• The Columbus Prostate Cancer Center is the only dedicated prostate cancer-specific radiation therapy center in central Ohio offering the latest in linear accelerator technology.
• The Columbus Prostate Cancer Center is a destination designed for men’s convenience and comfort.
• By offering radiation therapy in our practice we can now be involved with every aspect of prostate cancer care. We believe this is very important at a time when all a patient should be concerned with is getting healthy again.

Why IMRT/IGRT

• The Columbus Prostate Cancer Center treats prostate cancer patients with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) complete with image guiding capability (IGRT)
• IGRT efficiently measures and monitors organ motion during radiation therapy to deliver precise beams of radiation (with millimeter precision).
• As a result, IGRT effectively minimizes unnecessary radiation exposure and damage to healthy tissue.