Surgical Oncology

At Goshen Center for Cancer Care, our surgeons use the latest surgical treatments, including da Vinci® Robotic-Assisted Surgery and cryoablation, to treat prostate cancer more effectively and with fewer complications than ever before. Even if you’ve been turned away from other cancer facilities, due to obesity, excessive abdominal scarring or for having an extremely enlarged prostate, we can treat even the most complicated prostate cancer cases. Plus, you’ll further benefit from our unique integrated environment, where these surgical options are seamlessly blended with other advanced treatments, complementary and alternative medicine and a long list of supportive services to offer you the most complete care available.

Treating Prostate Cancer

Surgery is one of the oldest forms of treatment for cancer and, for many types, still offers the greatest chance for diagnosis and cure today. Advances in surgical techniques and technology have allowed surgeons to successfully operate on a greater number of cancer patients than ever before. For some people with cancer, surgery will be recommended to detect the stage of the disease, find a cure, remove a tumor or support other treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy. Surgery can also benefit the patient by providing pain relief or helping reconstruct cancer-ridden tissues.

With prostate cancer, surgeons measure their success in eliminating the disease from a patient's body by looking at the surgical margins, or the edges of tissue on the removed prostate. If under a microscope cancer cells are seen on the edge of the removed prostate, this is called a positive margin. Often, this can mean not all of the cancer has been removed, and therefore, increasing the possibility of disease recurrence. The reverse of a positive margin is a negative margin, indicating all the cancer in the prostate has been removed. The more experienced and skilled a surgeon becomes, the greater the odds they will leave a negative margin following surgery.