OCEANSIDE, N.Y., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Prostate Institute today launched http://www.nyprostate.org/, a website to provide prostate cancer patients with easy-to-understand information exploring their various treatment options. The Institute, located in South Nassau Communities Hospital, opened recently to provide East-coast prostate cancer patients with less invasive alternatives to radical prostatectomy and access to national research protocols of treatment options.
"Patients are confused, and we want to help them make an informed decision without the hype," said Louis Potters, M.D., medical director of the Institute. "The data is evenly split between surgery and brachytherapy; depending on the patient's individual circumstances, hormone therapy, external beam radiation, and watchful waiting also may be appropriate options," he said. The website walks patients through the information they will need to evaluate which choice is optimal for themselves.
A section of the website, geared to physicians, provides the latest medical thinking on prostate cancer treatment protocols. It includes patient- care data, nomograms to help physicians choose the most efficacious treatment protocol for each patient, and information about training opportunities.
Dr. Potters founded the Institute in October 2003 after a six-year appointment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he was chief of Radiation Oncology. His vision for The New York Prostate Institute is as a center of excellence where patients receive first-line treatment or second opinions, where physicians learn to perform brachytherapy, and where the brachytherapy technique is advanced. Brachytherapy involves the implantation of radioactive seeds directly into the prostate gland.
New York Prostate InstituteCONTACT: Gail Carlin of the New York Prostate Institute,+1-516-632-3919
Web site: http://www.nyprostate.org/