September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and San Diego Radiosurgery encourages men seeking prostate cancer treatment to educate themselves on the range of options available to treat the disease.

1. Did you know?
September is Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month
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2. Did you know?
The
American
Cancer
Society
esEmates
241,740
new
prostate
cancer
diagnoses
in
2012.
Quick
stats:
• 1
in
6
men
will
be
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer
during
his
life:me.
• Prostate
cancer
occurs
mainly
in
older
men.
Nearly
two
thirds
of
cases
are
diagnosed
in
men
aged
65
or
above,
and
it
is
rare
before
age
40.
The
average
age
at
the
:me
of
diagnosis
is
about
67.
• More
than
2.5
million
men
in
the
United
States
who
have
been
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer
at
some
point
are
s:ll
alive
today,
thanks
to
advancements
in
treatment.
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3. Did you know?
Novalis
Tx
can
noninvasively
treat
prostate
cancer
in
five
or
fewer
treatment
sessions.
How
it
works:
• Novalis
Tx
treats
prostate
cancer
with
a
procedure
called
stereotac:c
body
radia:on
therapy,
a
noninvasive
method
of
trea:ng
tumors
with
precisely
targeted
high-­‐dose
radia:on.
The
result
is
greatly
increased
accuracy
that
spares
healthy
Essue.
• Prior
to
treatment,
some
pa:ents
may
require
small
metal
:ssue
markers
known
as
fiducials
implanted
in
the
prostate
to
help
the
Novalis
Tx
pinpoint
the
tumor
loca:on
throughout
each
treatment,
ensuring
the
radiaEon
beams
delivered
during
treatment
are
always
locked
on
the
tumor.
• Pa:ents
are
then
scheduled
for
no
more
than
five
Novalis
Tx
treatments.
Each
treatment
takes
about
20
-­‐
30
minutes,
and
paEents
can
return
to
their
normal
rouEnes
following
each
procedure.
• In
recent
years,
stereotac:c
body
radia:on
therapy
has
gained
awareness
among
prostate
cancer
pa:ents
in
par:cular.
Many
men
are
drawn
to
the
convenience
of
shorter
treatment
and
fewer
side
effects.
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4. Our Center
Under the leadership of medical director Dr. Brian Volpp, San Diego Radiosurgery has offered
advanced cancer treatment from some of the region’s most experienced radiation oncologists and
technicians since opening in 2008. Call or visit the website to learn more about prostate cancer
treatment with the Novalis Tx. San Diego Radiosurgery is a service of Palomar Health Downtown
Campus, a member of Palomar Health.
Medical Director: Dr. Brian Volpp
Radiation Oncologist: Dr. Lori Coleman
Nurse: Cathy Blazek, RN, BSN
Medical Physicist: Mark Young
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