Newly diagnosed with Prostate Cancer or Recurrent Prostate Cancer. Now what?
Before you choose a treatment, read the tips below.
Tips for choosing a treatment for prostate cancer
1) Take a deep breath (or two), and don’t panic. You need to be emotionally stable to make the best treatment choice for yourself.
2) Don’t rush. Your treatment choice will be a life changing decision. You have time.
3) Do your homework. See at least two physician’s before choosing a treatment. Explore your options by consulting with Dr. Fabio Almeida.
4) Take good notes. Better yet, bring along your spouse or any good note-taker.
5) Don’t feel pressured by anyone to rush or choose a treatment. Any urologist that tells you "you need to have surgery next week or you will die" should be fired.
6) Listen to your family carefully. They love you, I know. But all they hear is the “C-word,” not prostate cancer. It’s easy for them to think, “Let’s take it out.” Surgery may be a good option, maybe it’s not. There are lots of choices and you need to understand what is right for you before choosing.
7) Ask whether you are a candidate for Active Surveillance or Focal Therapy. Many diagnosed prostate cancer is low-grade, which makes active surveillance a viable approach. Good quality multi-parametric MRI and targeted biopsies can help us keep good track of the prostate cancer. If the cancer is higher grade but has not spread out the prostate gland, you may be able to have focal therapy which has significantly less side effects compared to surgery or radiation.
8) Keep a good electronic record of your prostate cancer history, including your PSA history. Make it easy to open and print the documents as needed.
9) Work with Dr. Fabio as your Prostate Cancer Navigator. He will make the process simpler and clearer for you.
Dr. Fabio as your Prostate Cancer Navigator
Dr.Fabio is a prostate cancer specialist (trained in Oncologic Imaging, Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine) with over thirty two years of experience.
Expert review of all imaging (PET scans, MRI, CT and bone scans).
He is obsessed with staying up-to-date on cutting-edge prostate cancer research.
He attends and presents at several national meetings on prostate cancer.
He is invited to speak on imaging and interventions for prostate cancer.
He is a physician editor for the Journal of Urology.
With Dr. Fabio, you will know if doing nothing (or Active Surveillance), focal therapy or more extensive treatment is best for you.
If you need medical treatment, he knows all the main players and can coordinate/facilitate a visit.
Best of all, he does not do surgery or radiation or high dose chemotherapy for prostate cancer, so his recommendations are objective and as bias-free as possible.
A customized anti-cancer lifestyle protocol - nutrition and supplements.
Consultations in person or by phone.