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Dr. Kevin Zorn, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Urologist What is Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer diagnosed in Canada—one out of every eight men will develop it in their lifetime. Prostate cancer starts in the cells of the prostate, and can grow into nearby tissue. The cancerous tumour can also spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body.

Dr. Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC Urological Surgeon BPH - Understanding the Problem

BPH stands for benign prostatic hyperplasia, which is a fancy way of saying an enlarged prostate. Essentially, the prostate is actually an organ or more specifically a gland, and it's involved in your male reproductive system so contributes to semen production in a small way.

Prostate NOW Types of prostate Cancer

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Dr. Kevin Zorn, MD, FRCPC, Urologist MIST procedures for enlarged prostate treatment

When it comes to treating BPH, there is a new type of procedure class called MIST, or ‘minimally invasive surgical treatment’. It is created for a patient's a new option rather than taking pills and drugs daily for the rest of their life or surgery, which is done in the hospital in an under an anesthesia to a less invasive technique. There is a certain percentage of men who don't want to be on medications for the rest of their life and potentially may fall into retention later due to prostate regrowth.