Dr. David Samadi explains the outcome of CyberKnife treatment for prostate cancer, and explores the differences between prostate cancer surgery CyberKnife treatment.
- Surgery should always be considered the first line of defense against prostate cancer. If required, radiation treatment can be a secondary option.
- CyberKnife is not surgery. It is a form of radiation treatment it is inaccurately advertised as robotic radio surgery.
- Unfortunately, Patients can get secondary cancers such as rectal and bladder cancer as a result of radiation / CyberKnife treatment for prostate cancer.
- Patients considering CyberKnife radiation treatment should ask questions such as: 1) am I being cured? 2) Does it cause collateral damage? 3) Is it safe?
- Cure for prostate cancer should result in a patient’s PSA being undetectable or zero – CyberKnife treatment for prostate cancer doesn’t result in this unlike surgery does.
- Only prostate cancer surgery will provide you precise accurate prostate cancer staging.
- Surgery will ensure that a patient will be cancer free.
