After a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

My name is Amar J. Raval and I’m with Advanced Urology Institute.

If you’re young and you have newly diagnosed prostate cancer, I’m definitely more aggressive in that regard offering treatment options whether it’s a radical prostatectomy or any of the other modalities for that. If they’re older and have multiple medical comorbidities then I kind of tailor my conversation to present them all the options, whether it’s radiation, surgery or “watchful waiting” or active surveillance. I think all of those need to be weighed and need to be individualized for the patient and their conditions.