Innovative treatments in prostate health care: Insights from Cleveland Clinic experts

About one in eight men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the United States.

“Having a first-degree relative with prostate cancer significantly increases the patient’s possibility of having prostate cancer. That’s why it’s so important to undertake screening,” says Dr. Carrington Mason, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital.

In this episode of Florida Health Care Insider, presented by Cleveland Clinic Florida in partnership with the South Florida Business Journal, Mason is joined by Dr. Jamil Syed, also a urologist with Cleveland Clinic, to discuss the alternative methods to treating prostate disease successfully.

Listen to this episode to hear about:

· Why patients are choosing active monitoring over traditional routine screening (11:58)

· Focal therapy treatment (16:16)

· How Cleveland Clinic treats prostate disease (19:10)