BPH and help

Those of you experiencing symptoms of BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), we can help!!

There are many new non-invasive procedures to help men experiencing symptoms of BPH including

  1. frequent urination. Especially at night preventing restful sleep
  2. Urgency–need to urinate as soon as possible
  3. weak stream–takes forever to empty the bladder
  4. dribbling after urination–always annoying

We can provide services to fix this and no hospitalization required! email at medimage@utmb.edu for more information!

SpaceOar and other objects

To all men:

If you are contemplating radiation therapy for prostate cancer, please, please, please, consider SpaceOar hydrogel injection to protect you rectum after your treatment. It is a simple, painless and quick procedure to prevent lots of problems with fecal incontinence and rectal bleeding and pain down that long road. We provide this as an outpatient procedure associated with MD Anderson Cancer Center in League City, Texas. Email me at medimage@utmb.edu for details.

New Article on FLA published!!

To all of you interested in focal therapy for prostate cancer, a new series of 120 patients followed after FLA at UTMB in Texas has been published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). Here is a link that will be active for the next 50 days. Send us an email if you need a PDF of this article sent to you.

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fc%2F1Ydbb3k~jJF88z&data=02%7C01%7Cstbwilli%40utmb.edu%7C96067a7cad19491b6ded08d69b767912%7C7bef256d85db4526a72d31aea2546852%7C0%7C0%7C636867330477533707&sdata=rgpUjCswQ74MtvBxlMo5aqt85F1RigQ98qo%2Fg0rOiBI%3D&reserved=0

Providing safer radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients!

A new FDA approved hydrogel is injected between the prostate and rectum to reduce rectal injury and improve quality of life in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy or proton beam treatments.

See:

https://www.massgeneral.org/imaging/news/radiology-rounds/february-2018/use-of-spacers-limits-non-target-radiation-exposure-in-radiotherapy-to-treat-prostate-cancer/