The second session will be held Sept. 21. The topic is Impotence, Incontinence, and Emotional Issues Related to Prostate Cancer. The final session will be held Sept. 28 and highlight promising new developments in research and treatments, including cryosurgery, seed implants, and drug therapies such as Viagra. The entire prostate is frozen during this procedure using 3-D guided ultrasound images. The procedure is currently used in selected patients who have very limited treatment options.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer affecting Canadian men.
One in 10 men will develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives, reports the Canadian Cancer Society. In Canada, more that 16,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. The cause of prostate cancer is not known. The prostate gland is a sex organ located at the base of the male urinary bladder. It secretes a substance that makes up part of the fluid that transports sperm outside the body.