Released on: November 5, 2007, 8:58 am

Press Release Author: David Snyder

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Pioneering prostate cancer surgeon Arnon Krongrad, MD spoke
up in a Podcast produced by The Prostate Net.

Press Release Body: Miami, October 25: Pioneering prostate cancer surgeon Arnon
Krongrad, MD, has broken a long silence. Last week, in a Podcast produced by The
Prostate Net, Dr. Krongrad, who helped usher in an age of laparoscopic radical
prostatectomy, a minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery, spoke openly about what
is important to patients with a new prostate cancer diagnosis.

"There is a lot of confusion out there," says Dr. Krongrad, "and patients do not
understand fundamental terminology. The do not seem to understand, for example, that
what is often referred to as robotic prostate surgery is actually not robotic
surgery. Moreover, and much more to the point, they do not understand that robotic
prostate surgery is actually laparoscopic prostate surgery: minimally invasive
surgery."

"Patients who are bombarded by information focused on devices, including 'robots'
such as the Lapman robot and the davinci robot, forget to ask questions that very
directly determine their chances for success. The most important such question is
this: who is my surgeon?"



Web Site: http://www.laprp.com

Contact Details: The Krongrad Institute
21110 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 208
Aventura, FL 33180 USA