Range of services for the treatment of malignant prostate diseases
- interdisciplinary prostate cancer conference for planning therapy
- laboratory diagnostics
- transrectal ultrasound
- ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy with local anaesthesia
- experimental procedures
- pathology/ histology
- immunohistochemistry
- systematic ascertainment of tumour size
- conventional x-ray diagnosis
- bone scintigraphy
- computer tomography (CT)
- positron emission tomography (PET)
- magnetic resonance tomography (MRT)
- surgical prostatectomy with nerve preservation
- open surgical procedure (maintaining virility) and minimally invasive surgical procedure (laparoscopy)
- examination of the lymph nodes after laparoscopic removal
- external beam radiotherapy using the linear accelerator (3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy or intensity-modulated radiotherapy, IMRT)
- image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), additional ultrasound patient-positioning check before each Irradiation
- internal radiotherapy (HDR brachytherapy)
- seed implantation
- androgen withdrawal treatment
- chemotherapy
- pain therapy
- psychological counselling
- rehabilitation
- contact with self-help groups
- conducting of treatment studies
