Prostate Cancer Center
The Prostate Care Program of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has at its heart a multidisciplinary approach to prostate cancer care ranging from evaluating elevated PSA and performing prostate biopsies, to providing surgical, radiation, systemic, or active surveillance (watchful waiting) treatment, along with support for loved ones as deemed appropriate, based on a patient's individual needs and personal lifestyle priorities.
Recent highlights of progress from the BIDMC Prostate Program covered by national media:
Listen to podcast of NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' about PSA screening and role of treatment vs watchful waiting, featuring Dr. Martin Sanda, BIDMC Prostate Center Director (broadcast live nationwide on Sept 4, 2009) or click here for a shorter interview broadcast on WBUR.
Treatment options for early stage prostate cancer reviewed in JAMA by Dr. Sanda and Kaplan from BIDMC Prostate Center (2009)
National study of prostate cancer outcomes led at BIDMC reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (2008)
(Also covered by USA Today, click here)
National study led by BIDMC comparing different types of prostate surgery covered by USA Today (2007)
