| Now day's prostate cancer surgery in India is | | | | are caused by a tumor pressing on the |
| available at low cost. The cancer is a | | | | urethra. The treatment options for prostate |
| disease which can be cured only at its early | | | | cancer depend in part on whether the tumor |
| stage and it becomes difficult to be cured | | | | has spread. For tumors that are still inside |
| when the cells multiplication starts. The | | | | the prostate, radiation therapy (using x-rays |
| prostate cancer surgery is the cancer which | | | | that kill the cancer cells) and a surgery |
| occurs in reproductive organs. Indian cancer | | | | called radical prostatectomy are common |
| surgery hospitals offer very good option for | | | | treatment options. Watchful waiting is also a |
| low cost prostate cancer surgery in India. | | | | treatment option. In this approach, no |
| The low cost of treatment and best medical | | | | treatment is given until the tumor gets |
| infrastructure in India makes Indian cancer | | | | bigger. Watchful waiting may be the best |
| surgery hospitals more popular in abroad. | | | | choice for an older man who has a higher risk |
| India becomes center of attraction now days | | | | of dying from something other than his |
| because of the treatment facilities and world | | | | prostate cancer. Generally, tumors that have |
| class medical infrastructure provided by | | | | grown beyond the edge of the prostate can't |
| cancer surgery hospitals of India. The | | | | be cured with either radiation or surgery. |
| success rate of prostate cancer surgery in | | | | They can be treated with hormones that slow |
| India has increased to sky limits after | | | | the cancer's growth. Advantages of prostate |
| advancement in medical treatment facilities. | | | | cancer surgery are once the prostate is |
| As the surgical procedure of prostate cancer | | | | removed and studied by a pathologist, one has |
| surgery in India is performed by most | | | | an accurate assessment of cancer |
| experienced cancer surgeons and treatment | | | | aggressiveness (extent and grade), follow-up |
| facilities are most advanced, many abroad | | | | after surgery is relatively straightforward; |
| patients are getting attracted to India for | | | | the serum PSA level should be undetectable. |
| getting their treatment done from India. | | | | Recurrence of cancer is relatively easy to |
| | | | detect because of this, radiation can be |
| Â | | | | given after surgery, if necessary, with a low |
| | | | risk of any additional side effects and |
| Prostate cancer surgery also known as a | | | | surgery appears to be associated with a very |
| radical prostatectomy is a surgical | | | | low risk of late (i.e. beyond 5 years) local |
| procedure whereby the prostate gland and | | | | recurrence if careful and sensitive PSA |
| attached seminal vesicles are removed. Lymph | | | | testing is performed. Patients who are in |
| nodes near the prostate are usually removed | | | | good health, have a long life expectancy and |
| at the same time. Radical prostatectomy is | | | | have cancers which appear to be confined to |
| one option for men with clinically localized | | | | the prostate gland are candidates for radical |
| prostate cancer. Surgery is one of two main | | | | prostatectomy. The procedure is associated |
| treatments for early-stage prostate cancer; | | | | with a limited risk of side effects and major |
| radiation is the other. Surgery may be done | | | | complications are very rare. Some men |
| to remove the prostate and its cancer. It may | | | | may be candidates for a nerve-sparing radical |
| be done to remove and test lymph nodes in the | | | | prostatectomy whereby sexual function |
| area to see whether the cancer has spread. It | | | | preservation is attempted. |
| also may be done to fix urinary problems that | | | | |