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Enlarged Prostate Treatment

VascodaGama
VascodaGama CSN Member Posts: 3,748 Member

Here is a link that may be of help for those confronted with the problem of enlarged prostate affecting decisions on biopsies, etc. This is a treatment called Prostatic Artery Embolization forwarded by a Portuguese physician who has been successfully treating patients since 2009.
The matter got into the interest of worldwide urological associations and some started trials that may be of benefit for some.

Here are links about the FDA trial and the news;

http://www.renalandurologynews.com/prostatic-artery-embolization-works-for-enlarged-prostate/article/340337/

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01924988

Best wishes,

VG