Genitourinary and Prostate Cancer Program
The Genitourinary Cancer Program focuses on the investigation and management of cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney, testis and genitalia. Emphasis is placed on finding cancer treatments that offer the greatest efficacy with the fewest complications and are based on a multidisciplinary approach which combines clinical expertise from Urology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology in the office, the operating room and the laboratory.
Treatment plans are customized to meet individual patient needs, and when appropriate, patients are invited to participate in studies to investigate the newest treatments as well as large-scale clinical trials for more established treatments.
Stanford-developed techniques for diagnosing prostate cancer, including systematic prostate biopsy, are now being used throughout the world, and our laboratory provides various PSA assays used for prostate cancer detection.
The Genitourinary Cancer Program offers a range of clinical services including:
Genitourinary Cancer Clinic: During a single visit, patients can be evaluated by a team of physicians including urologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. Patients diagnosed with cancer of the prostate, bladder, kidney or testis who desire further evaluation, possible treatment, or a second opinion can undergo evaluation by urologists and radiation oncologists specializing in genitourinary malignancies.
Prostate Cancer Clinic: Different treatment options for patients with prostate cancer include:
- Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (laparoscopic and open approaches)
- Robotic radical prostatectomy
- Brachytherapy (radioactive seed implantation)
- Cryotherapy (freezing of prostate with liquid nitrogen)
- 3-D conformal radiation therapy
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- High dose interstitial radiation therapy
Prostate Cancer Support Group: The importance of support groups and their impact on cancer patient outcomes is well established; much of this important work has come from support groups at Stanford. Psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers are involved in cancer support groups within the program.
Other areas of oncologic expertise for kidney, bladder and testicular cancer include:
- Continent urinary diversion (the creation of a new bladder)
- Renal-sparing surgery (removal of only a portion of the kidney)
- Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy)
Clinical Faculty of the Genitourinary Cancer Program
- Joseph Presti, Jr, MD, Program Director, Urology
- Rodney U. Anderson, MD, Urology
- James Brooks, MD, Urology
- Benjamin I. Chung, MD
- Harcharan Gill, MD, Urology
- Mark L. Gonzalgo, MD, PhD, Urology
- Steven Hancock, MD, Radiation Oncology
- Robert Kessler, M.D., Urology
- Chris King, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology
- Stewart McCallum, MD, Urology
- John McNeal, MD, Urology/Pathology
- Christopher K. Payne, MD, Urology
- David Spiegel, MD, Psychiatry
- Sandy Srinivas, MD, Medical Oncology
Scheduling an Appointment
Phone: (650) 725-5544
Fax: (650) 498-6278