Prostate cancer is one of those diseases where there’s a wide range of disagreement among urologists and oncologists regarding treatment. In fact, if you see three doctors, you might get three different opinions about what you should do. The good news is that prostate cancer is typically a slow-growing cancer (as opposed to pancreatic cancer, which would need immediate treatment), so you can visit multiple doctors before deciding on treatment.
Dr. Jim Hu, Director of Robotic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center, suggests getting several opinions from different types of doctors, such as oncologists and surgeons, because – as you may know – a surgeon typically wants to cut out the tumor while most radiation oncologists want to radiate it.
Dr. Hu also recommends seeking out multidisciplinary clinics that consist of integrated teams where a surgeon, a radiation oncologist and a medical oncologist – among others – review each case to reach a consensus on treatment.
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Dr. Jim Hu is a urologic oncologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery. Read More
Prostate cancer is one of those diseases where there’s a wide range of disagreement among urologists and oncologists regarding treatment. In fact, if you see three doctors, you might get three different opinions about what you should do. The good news is that prostate cancer is typically a slow-growing cancer (as opposed to pancreatic cancer, which would need immediate treatment), so you can visit multiple doctors before deciding on treatment.
Dr. Jim Hu, Director of Robotic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center, suggests getting several opinions from different types of doctors, such as oncologists and surgeons, because – as you may know – a surgeon typically wants to cut out the tumor while most radiation oncologists want to radiate it.
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