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Lahey has pioneered treatments for kidney, adrenal, bladder, prostate, and testicular cancers, offering every available option and allowing for the most appropriate care depending upon each patient's circumstances. Innovative therapies for superficial bladder cancer, bladder reconstruction, low-dose rate and high-dose rate brachytherapy (radioactive seed implantation) for prostate cancer, and an active research agenda are hallmarks of genitourinary cancer care at Lahey.
Lahey also provides minimally invasive surgical options for treatment of some genitourinary cancers, including laparoscopic prostatectomy and laparoscopic bladder reconstruction.
Our Services
Adrenal Cancer
Treatment
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: removal of the adrenal
gland in patients with a malignant enlargement of the gland
Bladder Cancer
Screening
Cystoscopy: using a flexible instrument to view the
patient's bladder
Cytology: testing for cancerous cells in the patient's
urine
Treatment
Cystectomy: removal of the bladder
Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion: removal of the bladder in patients with bladder cancer and the creation of a bladder replacement; this includes the construction of a continent (i.e., neobladder, rectum-sigma-pouch) or incontinent (i.e., ileal loop) urinary diversion
Kidney Cancer
Treatment
Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: technique used to
remove a renal tumor as large as 4 to 5 cm, while preserving the kidney
Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: removal of the whole
kidney, including the Gerota's fascia and regional lymph nodes, in a
tumor-bearing kidney with a tumor as large as 10 to 12 cm
Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: removal of the kidney,
ureter and bladder cuff in cases of tumors of the renal pelvis and/or ureter
Prostate Cancer
Screening
Prostate-specific agent (PSA) blood test
Digital rectal exam
Diagnosis
Transrectal ultrasound used to obtain a biopsy and
confirm presence of malignant cells
Clinical Center
Prostate Center
Treatment
Brachytherapy (radioactive seed implants)
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT)
High-dose rate brachytherapy
I125 brachytherapy
Hormone therapy
Laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection: removal of the regional lymph nodes of the prostate in patients with high risk prostate cancer
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: removal of the prostate gland in patients with prostate cancer; depending on individual circumstances, this procedure can be done with preservation of one or both of the nerves that are responsible for erectile function
Medical management (i.e., "watchful waiting")
Radiation therapy
Radical prostatectomy
Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA)
Testicular Cancer
Treatment
Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND): the removal of retroperitoneal lymph nodes in patients with testicular
cancer in clinical stage I or IIA/B, with avoidance of the large middle-line incision from the chest to the pubis
