Clinic for Individualised Therapies for Prostate Cancer
Millions of men develop prostate cancer, in Germany almost one in five. Conventional treatments such as surgical removal of the prostate – radical prostatectomy – and radiation therapy cause serious side effects: Approximately 70 percent of all men suffer from impotence afterwards, 20 to 50 percent from incontinence, and bowel and bladder problems. Despite their radical nature, however, these therapies do not guarantee a cure: in 10 to 30 percent of men who have undergone surgery, a new carcinoma grows back within five years – and much more frequently in the case of tumors that have broken through the prostate capsule.
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IRE, the Gentle Local Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Irreversible electroporation (IRE)’ allows prostate cancer to be treated specifically and gently, without the undesirable side effects of conventional treatments.
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This unsatisfactory situation motivated us to develop a new treatment method, Irreversible Electroporation (IRE). IRE provides reliable local tumor destruction, without the risk of incontinence and with a very low risk of impotence – less than 10 percent. This is achieved by IRE selectively destroying cells but preserving tissue infrastructure. This does not damage nerves, vessels or other organ structures. At the VITUS Prostate Center, depending on the size and aggressiveness of the tumor, we use different variants of electroporation, including electrochemotherapy (ECT) and IR-ECT, a combination of IRE and ECT.
Over 1700 successful operations for prostate cancer
With our methods, we are world leaders in the field of minimally invasive therapy for prostate cancer. Patients from all over the world prove this.
Our success is largely based on the close collaboration of physicians and scientists, including Prof. Boris Rubinsky at the University of Berkeley.
We not only treat small, early prostate carcinomas with IRE and ECT, but also use these methods as “problem solvers” for advanced tumors (stage T3 and T4) that have already grown into the bladder, rectum or pelvic floor and can usually no longer be treated surgically. Carcinoma recurrences after radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy and HIFU, as well as lymph and bone metastases can also be treated gently with IRE and ECT.
Your advantages
- No surgical intervention
- Short treatment duration (48h)
- Precise diaagnostics (MRI, biopsy)
- Erectile dysfunction 0 – max. 10%
- Little or no pain
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Water Vapour for Benign Enlargement of the Prostate
This new treatment method uses steam to gently reduce the size of the prostate.
Unpleasant side effects, such as incontinence or impotence, can thus usually be avoided.
Your advantages
- minimally invasive treatment
- no retrograde ejaculation
- Maintains the prostate urethra
- fewer complications *compared to alternative treatment methods
- short stay
- short catheter time
- No scarring of bladder neck
For gentle reduction of the prostate
GREENLIGHT LASER therapy
With this gentle therapy, BPH (benign enlargement of the prostate) can be treated minimally invasively and gently.
Your advantages
- Minimally invasive treatment
Greenlight laser therapy is minimally invasive and does not require large incisions as with open surgical procedures. Instead, a laser light is used to vaporize the prostate tissue. - Faster recovery
Most patients can go home within a few days after the procedure and resume their normal activities more quickly than with traditional therapies. - Lower risk of complications
As Greenlight laser therapy is less invasive than traditional surgical procedures, there is a lower risk of complications such as bleeding, infection or incontinence. - Preservation of sexual function
Compared to some other prostate cancer treatments that can impair sexual function, Greenlight laser therapy has a lower risk of impairing sexual function. - Treatment of larger prostate volumes
Greenlight laser therapy can also be effective for men with larger prostate volumes, making it an attractive option for patients with more advanced prostatic hyperplasia. - Less blood loss
Compared to traditional surgical procedures, which can be associated with significant blood loss, Greenlight laser therapy is associated with less blood loss, which reduces the risk of anemia and other complications associated with blood loss.
Gentle treatments for prostate cancer
Patient Stories
"Look at the guidelines." Those were the words of my urologist at the time when I asked him about alternatives to prostatectomy, which he recommended to me as virtually no alternative after he had given me, at the age of 49... More
W. from Hannover
Last week was November 2, 2017, All Souls' Day! Exactly 5 years ago, on that very day, I received the diagnosis "prostate cancer" in Vienna, and also immediately the urgent admonition of my urologist but only yes to take the "high road"! What was meant was to have the prostate radicals removed in order to avoid the high risk of metastases "due to my youth" (at that time 46)... More
Michael
In mid-2016, I was successfully treated for a prostate carcinoma at the Prostate Center Offenbach / Main, using IRE, without any side effects. I had decided on this new treatment method after my previous urologist in Berlin had advised me to have my prostate radically removed, but I was not particularly happy with this "solution"... More
A patient from Berlin
Overall, I can only say that from the first telephone inquiry at the Prostate Center, through all examinations and treatment steps, to the follow-up, every step was well explained, the care was extraordinarily professional and at the same time humanly very empathetic. After all, this disease is also psychologically difficult for a man to deal with... More
Michael Kirchsteiger
Just 52 days passed between the first contact on 28.03.24 and the surgery date on 15.05.24 at the Curanosticum. Whether Dr. Stephanovic, Ms. Osei-Bonsu or Ms. Ahmad in preparation for the operation, everything went like clockwork, even with the appointments at the Curanosticum. The detailed telephone consultation with Dr. Sens in an understandable non-medical language was a revelation for me, because as an engineer, the comparison with the Da Vinci operation simply seemed radio “logical” to me... More
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