Prostate cancer
PSA follow-up, biopsy, staging, and treatment from surveillance to surgery.
Four organs make up this field of cancer care: prostate, kidney, bladder and testicle. They often start with a result rather than a symptom: a PSA number, a spot on a CT scan, or blood found in a urine test. This page explains how our team works through that result with you.
What we aim for
- Control of the cancer. Every plan starts from the stage and type of cancer, and what it takes to treat it.
- Function after treatment. Urinary control and sexual function matter, and we weigh them in every recommendation.
- A clear explanation. You should leave each visit knowing what was found, what is still unknown, and what happens next.
Tests you may hear about
- PSA blood test
- Measures prostate-specific antigen. Cancer is one reason PSA climbs; benign growth of the gland and prostatitis are others. It tells us to look closer; on its own it diagnoses nothing.
- Cystoscopy
- A thin camera passed into the bladder to look at its lining. It is a core test when there is blood in the urine.
- CT, MRI and ultrasound
- Imaging to find a tumor, measure it and see whether it has spread.
- Biopsy
- A small tissue sample checked under a microscope to confirm cancer and its type. For some kidney masses, imaging gives enough information and a biopsy is not needed.
- PET/CT
- Advanced Urology offers PET/CT, including PSMA PET for prostate cancer, to help stage cancer and look for spread or recurrence.
By cancer type
Kidney cancer
Kidney masses, imaging review and kidney-sparing surgery where it fits.
Bladder cancer
Blood in the urine, cystoscopy, in-office bladder treatments and surgery.
Testicular cancer
Prompt evaluation of a lump, surgery, and fertility planning.
Where care happens
Consultations happen at our Sandy Springs clinic and surgery center and our Decatur clinic. Many procedures are performed at the Sandy Springs surgery center. When a treatment calls for another setting, such as radiation or a hospital stay, our team coordinates it and stays involved.
Advanced Urology keeps a condition page for each organ: the prostate, the kidney, the bladder and the testicle.