Sperling Prostate Center

About SPC
About SPC
The Sperling Prostate Center in New York City and Florida is a technologically-advanced, patient-oriented practice dedicated to providing the most effective techniques in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. Learn more
Screening & Detection
Screening & Detection
The Sperling Prostate Center’s state-of-the-art BlueLaser™ MRI imaging reveals an image of the prostate that can’t be captured by standard biopsy or ultrasound, allowing us to identify and target tumors with unparalleled precision. Learn more
Treatment
Treatment
We offer a revolutionary suite of therapies for prostate cancer and other conditions, based on our advanced, minimally-invasive BlueLaser™ system, available exclusively at Sperling Prostate Center. Learn more
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Patient Resources
At Sperling Prostate Center, we strive to make every patient feel comfortable, educated, and in control. Here you’ll find a variety of ways to make your visit easier and your personal journey smoother. Learn more
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Prostate Cancer: How Traumatic Is It?

How Traumatic is Prostate Cancer - Sperling Prostate Center

What comes to mind when you hear the expression “post traumatic stress disorder” or PTSD? Perhaps it conjures up images of war veterans, crime victims, or natural disasters. We recognize that when something beyond a person’s control creates sudden or catastrophic harm, the person is shaken by it, often deeply. Trauma is defined as a keep reading

Prostate Cancer, Active Surveillance, and Anxiety

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” -Charles Spurgeon Cancer brings anxiety I have yet to meet a cancer patient who is completely free of anxiety. Even people who think they might have cancer start to live under the shadow of anxiety (“My mammogram showed something suspicious” keep reading

Uncertainty and Anxiety during Active Surveillance

The word is out: Patients with early stage, low risk prostate cancer have often been rushed into radical prostatectomy when many of them could have afforded to wait to seek treatment—possibly for years. Untold numbers of men were left with urinary and sexual problems that lasted for months, or were never fully resolved. For low keep reading

Does Money Buy Life?

Everyone knows that money doesn’t buy happiness. But can it buy life? A new study out of the University of Washington Medical Center suggests that prostate cancer patients in extreme financial distress are more likely to die than those who are not. This doesn’t mean that having money can buy life, but hardship is a keep reading

Active Surveillance, Depression and Anxiety

There’s been a noticeable uptick in urologists recommending active surveillance (AS) for patients diagnosed with early stage, low risk prostate cancer. However, according to a new British study, nearly a quarter of men on AS will become depressed and anxious... keep reading

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