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Radiation, surgery, implants or waiting - every year, around 63,000 men in Germany are diagnosed with prostate cancer and are faced with the difficult task of choosing the "right" treatment. Today, there are several treatment options for prostate cancer with equal chances of cure. It is therefore all the more important to carefully weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of the various treatment options and also to take into account one's own circumstances when deciding on treatment.
The association of the West German Prostate Center with prostate cancer specialists from the USA and Europe to form the "International Prostate Cancer Group" (IPG) aims to optimize the quality of prostate cancer treatment through scientific cooperation, information exchange and patient counseling.
Patients with prostate cancer from Germany and abroad have the opportunity to benefit from the medical knowledge of the experts and to obtain a competent and independent second opinion.
The second opinion shows the therapy options tailored to the individual clinical picture and explains the expected success and side effects of the individual treatment methods. The international and interdisciplinary competence of the team of experts ensures a neutral and objective result.
It is important that you report all available PSA values of the last months or years. The course of the PSA value over time provides significant additional information about the behavior of a prostate carcinoma
A copy of the pathological (histological) evaluation of your prostate biopsies is absolutely necessary for the second opinion.
Written findings of any imaging that may have already been performed (transrectal ultrasound, bone scintigraphy, CT, MRI, PET-CT, or similar) should also be included.
Written findings or your own information on other illnesses, operations and regular medication should also be enclosed.
Please do not send pictures, CD or DVD, but only the corresponding written findings.
You can download the IPSS questionnaire from the following link and please complete it and enclose it with your documents:
Please send your complete documents by eMail to: info@wpz-koeln.de or by mail to the West German Prostate Center.
