Prostate cancer is the 4th most common cancer affecting men. According to Thailand’s National Cancer Institute, over 3,700 new cases of prostate cancer are seen each year and the Ministry of Public Health reports that prostate cancer causes 1,700 deaths annually. However, what worries researchers is the upward trajectory of both new cases and deaths related prostate cancer due to the aging of Thailand’s population. The situation is challenging to the medical community, which needs to increase the speed at which better treatments are developed so that patients experience a higher quality of life.
The Bumrungrad Hospital Urology Center can treat prostate related conditions, including prostate cancer and enlarged prostate and employs the latest technology and medical innovations to do so. Toward that end, we are the first hospital in Thailand to make use of hydrogel spacer technology, which reduce complications arising from radiotherapy and brachytherapy for prostate cancer and increases patient quality of life. The first case to take advantage of the hydrogel spacer technology was treated this past March.
In addition to surgical interventions for prostate cancer which employ the Da Vinci surgical system, radiation therapy is a common prostate cancer treatment. In any case, radiation therapy will also affect rectal tissue near the prostate during treatment, causing rectal inflammation, diarrhea, bloody stool. In some cases, the side effects of radiation therapy include constipation, which can result in severe pain and bleeding. The side effects of radiation therapy can happen immediately, 5 to 10 years post treatment, or even continue long-term. The use of hydrogel spacers can help prevent the side effects of radiation therapy for prostate cancer from ever happening in the first place.
The Bumrungrad Urology Center has teams of experienced physicians and urologists, who are ready to deliver holistic, effective treatments, which yield the best outcome for improved quality of life of our patients.
For more information, please contact the Bumrungrad Urology Center, Building A (Clinic), or call +662066 8888, +6661 409 3943 or 1378.