Prostate Cancer Units (PCU): A Patients’ Perspective

The professional advice and support given on evidence based medicine is the easiest part of the education. We always provide a short but clear overview of the three main prostate diseases: prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) and their relationship to Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). The emphasis that we diagnose far more BPH then PCa has an immediate calming effect on the patient concerning ‘abnormal’ PSA results. Extending on the urological impeccable track record on BPH treatment with zero mortality and excellent quality of life outcomes is a good introduction to a prostate cancer diagnosis. The second emphasis on PCa as a complex disease with different biological forms is complimentary information. Concluding with the knowledge that most forms are indolent or low risk as compared to intermediate or high risk disease leads to an optimistic dialogue on prognostic factors and primary treatments of PCa [1].