Atlanta Prostate Center Featured Articles

A lot of men do not think about their prostate until something prompts them: a friend's diagnosis, a nagging symptom, an annual physical, an offhand comment from a doctor about a number on a... Continue Reading

Most men do not realize there are two types of prostate biopsies. Both procedures share the same goal of sampling prostate tissue precisely enough to confirm or rule out cancer, but they get there... Continue Reading

How Much Does Family History Really Matter? Having a father or brother diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles your own risk. If multiple relatives were diagnosed young, say, before... Continue Reading

Gleason Score Explained A positive prostate biopsy leads to many questions that most men have never had to ask before. What does the cancer look like? How fast is it growing? Do I need... Continue Reading

Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation is an emerging, minimally invasive treatment designed to address this challenge. By using targeted thermal energy delivered through sterile water vapor, this... Continue Reading

Rectal spacing is an important advancement designed to address this issue. By physically increasing the distance between the prostate and rectum, it helps reduce radiation exposure to surrounding... Continue Reading

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is an advanced, non-surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer that has gained significant clinical traction over the past decade. For men who want... Continue Reading

A Targeted, Minimally Invasive Radiation Option For men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer, brachytherapy is one of the most well-established radiation treatment options available.... Continue Reading

After a prostate cancer diagnosis, one of the first decisions men face is which type of doctor to see. Both urologists and radiation oncologists are central to prostate cancer... Continue Reading