General Questions

What is the Prostate?

What is Prostate Cancer?

Who gets Prostate Cancer - What are the risk factors?

Can Prostate Cancer be prevented?

What are the signs and symptoms of Prostate Cancer?

How is Prostate Cancer diagnosed?

Understanding the pathology report  - the Gleason Score and more.

I've been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, what happens next?

How is Prostate Cancer treated? - Making the "right" decision for treatment?

- Surgery:  Radical Prostatectomy (Open & Robotic)

- Radiation Therapy:  External Beam (IGRT, etc.)

- Radiation Therapy: Seed Implants

- Hormone Therapy with Radiation

 
What happens if my initial treatment doesn’t work?

How do I make and appointment for consultation to learn more about Prostate Cancer treatment at ARC?

Other Resources for Prostate Cancer:

ARC Prostate Cancer Library:  Read Important Scientific Studies and News Articles

IGRT (Image Guidance) for Prostate Cancer - the most accurate form of radiation therapy

RapidArc for prostate cancer - a revolutionary treatment, delivered in 80 seconds

At Advanced Radiation Centers of New York (ARC), since radiation is delivered with the highest degree of accuracy using, for example, RapidArc volumetric arc therapy and gold-marker Image Guided Radiation Therapy, the side effects of treatment are significantly reduced, compared to other forms of radiation, radiation seeds and even surgery. Those side-effects include incontinence, among other maladies.

Year after year, just like computers or other technologic advances, radiation therapy technologies continue to evolve. ARC’s commitment to retain its position at the leading edge of these technologies ensures our patients have the highest level of attainable cure rates, with the lowest level of long or short terms side effects.