Why It’s the Best

Using three weapons.

ProstRcision® works so well because we combine two effective types of radiation—seed implants and conforming beam radiation—with copious amounts of data from past and current patients. This data gives us a huge advantage in planning how we’ll approach a patient’s cancer.

The undeniable success of evidence-based medicine.

Since 1979, Dr. Frank Critz has kept extensive data on each one of his prostate cancer patients. Each man is tracked during treatment and for years after he leaves. This database, which now represents more than 11,000 men, is vital to our success. Based on decades of results, our doctors can tailor each new patient’s treatment and give him a better chance of being cured. It’s a system that works, and the numbers show it.

The cure-rate to back it up.

We’re not just talking about how successful ProstRcision is: we have the numbers to prove it. Our database allows us to calculate our cure rate, which is currently 83 percent, based on 10 years after treatment. Because we enter many data points on each of our patients, we can also calculate a new patient’s 10-year Individual Cure Rate (ICR) based on the outcomes of previous patients with a similar circumstances. Most doctors who treat prostate cancer do not have a database and can’t tell you their cure rate for patients they’ve treated.

Minimal complications.

Another huge benefit to ProstRcision is that the chances for side effects, such as incontinence and loss of sexual function, are considerably lower when compared to other treatments. ProstRcision is also a quick outpatient procedure, which means that patients can go back to normal activities the next day after the implant and immediately following radiation treatments.

For an in-depth look at ProstRcision, visit our Q & A section.

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