Prostate Center

1. Westgerman Prostate Center

Westdeutsches Prostatazentrum//Consultation hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (with appointment)

2. Second Malignancy after Prostate Cancer Therapy?

... favor the occurrence of colon and bladder cancer. "Wrongly so”, says Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. Thanks to the state-of-the-art radiation therapy process, it is ...

3. Unjustified Surgery in Prostate Cancer

... urologist at West German Prostate Center. Men with prostate cancer generally undergo surgery prematurely without the option of a more gentle treatment, such as the "watchful waiting" (doing nothing or ...

4. Prostate cancer: Spacer Gel protects against radiation damages

... the first patient with this innovative system. Dr. Gregory Spira, radiation therapist at the West German Prostate Center, presented the results at the at this year's Symposium of the European Society ...

5. Recent meta-analysis: Brachytherapy better than radical prostatectomy

... of brachytherapy in the treatment requires a rethinking of the localized prostate carcinoma" commented Dr. Stephan Neubauer of West German Prostate Center in Cologne. The current results of the largest ...

6. Fewer complications after laser therapy

... Neubauer of the West German Prostate Center in Cologne, the current results of the largest comparative study. Recent meta-study shows benefits for advanced laser procedures in the treatment of benign ...

7. Prostate cancer: Spacer Gel protects against radiation damages

... the gel, an adequate space between these two organs is maintained, and the rectum is well protected from dangerous radiation damage. The West German Prostate Center in Cologne now has successfully treated ...

8. Prostate Cancer: Surgery is often not justified

... to expect a clinically relevant tumor growth, to have the prostate removed completely", says Dr. Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. A radical prostate surgery is the wrong approach ...

9. Laser are safer than conventional resection of the prostate

... the West German Prostate Center. "Particularly in view of the still-existing risk factors such as continued bleeding for several years, gentle laser treatments such as the Greenlight laser therapy or laser ...

10. Dr. Neubauer honored again as one of the best urologists in Germany

In a recently published ranking of physicians, Dr. Stephan Neubauer, Specialist in Urology at the West-German Prostate Center, was again voted to be one of the best urologist in Germany and this year he ...

11. Laser are safer than conventional resection of the prostate

... said Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. "Particularly in view of the still-existing risk factors such as continued bleeding for several years, gentle laser treatments ...

12. Recent meta-analysis: Brachytherapy better than radical prostatectomy

... of brachytherapy in the treatment requires a rethinking of the localized prostate carcinoma" commented Dr. Stephan Neubauer of West German Prostate Center in Cologne. The current results of the largest ...

13. PSA-bounce speaks for good prognosis

... Stephan Neubauer, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. Thus more than 30 percent of patients who were treated with brachytherapy, experience a temporary increase in the PSA level two years ...

14. Higher Quality of life after brachytherapy

Current results of the two-year SPIRIT-Study prove clear advantages of the brachytherapy Higher quality of life, rarely occurring incontinence and improved erectile function. The latest results from ...

15. PSA-bounce speaks for good prognosis

... urologist at the West German Prostate Center. Thus more than 30 percent of patients who were treated with brachytherapy, experience a temporary increase in the PSA level two years after treatment, the ...

16. Higher quality of life after brachytherapy

... that it is not only about recovery rates, but also about the impact of the treatment on the quality of life" says Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. Recently, in a ...

17. Experience warrants quality

... Prostate Center. Only when the procedure is performed by a specialist, high quality treatment and a low complication rate is guaranteed.   Non-invasive laser procedure to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia ...

18. Improvement of erectile dysfunction after BPH therapy

... too long," says Dr. Stephan Neubauer, urologist at the West German Prostate Center. Because appropriate therapy not only alleviates the pain when urinating but often also improves the sexual function of ...

19. Healthy men should go for PSA test

... condition would benefit far more from the test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA)," says Dr. Pedram Derakhshani, urologist at the West German Prostate Center in Cologne. That this is actually true has ...

20. 10th Patient Day in Cologne: A full success!

Active dialogue between patients and experts: More than 100 participants gathered information on the topic of prostate For the 10th time the West German Prostate Center conducted on 09 December in Cologne, ...