Care in Snellville & Conyers
Urologic cancers: steady guidance from the first test
Waiting on a result or hearing the word cancer is frightening. We explain each step plainly, review findings with you in person, and build the plan together.
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer may cause no symptoms early. When symptoms do appear, they can include trouble urinating, a weaker stream, blood in the urine or semen, bone pain, unplanned weight loss or ED. Screening uses the PSA blood test and a digital rectal exam.
Treatment options include active surveillance, surgery including robotic surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and palliative care. Advanced Urology offers PET/CT imaging; Dr. Dev Mally explains what to expect from a PSMA PET/CT scan.
Bladder cancer
The most common sign is blood in the urine, often without pain. Other signs can include frequent or urgent urination, burning, pelvic or lower back pain and difficulty urinating. Smoking raises risk. Read why blood in the urine always deserves a full evaluation.
Treatment options at Advanced Urology include therapy placed directly into the bladder, intravenous immunotherapy, and robotic surgery including radical cystectomy, chosen by type and stage.
Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is often silent early. As it grows it may lead to blood in the urine, a persistent ache under the ribs, a lump you can feel in the flank, weight loss you didn’t intend, tiredness, or fevers that come and go. Imaging (ultrasound, CT or MRI), lab work on blood and urine, and occasionally a biopsy help clarify what’s going on. Our urologists will explain the treatment options that fit your findings.
Testicular cancer
Watch for a lump or swelling in a testicle, pain or heaviness in the scrotum, or a change in size or shape. Treatment can include removal of the affected testicle (radical orchiectomy) and, for cancer that has spread, open or robotic lymph node surgery (RPLND). Preserving fertility is part of the plan, so ask about it early.
More on these cancers
We’re adding more Snellville guides on kidney and testicular cancer. Until then, Advanced Urology’s condition pages below have more detail.
More from Advanced Urology: Prostate cancer · Bladder cancer · Kidney cancer · Testicular cancer
Watch a short video
Dr. A. Dev Mally on bladder and kidney cancer, plus an Advanced Urology episode on FDG PET/CT.
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