Duke’s experienced physicians focus on diagnosing and treating cancers while preserving normal function. Often, patients can be treated with minimally invasive surgery.

We provide expert treatment for cancers of the:

• Prostate
• Kidney
• Testicles
• Bladder
• Penis

Cryosurgery is offered for both prostate and kidney cancer. This innovative technique uses ultra-thin needles to freeze diseased tissue while avoiding damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

Duke also provides expertise in minimally invasive surgery for the management of kidney cancer and renal tumors, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer.

Specific procedures offered include:

• Laparoscopic lymph node dissections and bladder suspensions
• Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
• Laparoscopic surgery of the kidney, ureter, and adrenals
• Radiofrequency ablation for renal tumors
• Robotic radical prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer

The goal of Duke’s multidisciplinary approach to prostate cancer is to make your entire experience at Duke easier by helping you gain a better understanding of the disease and the options available to you.

Duke’s team fighting prostate cancer includes members from the departments of urology, the Duke Cancer Institute, the Center for Human Genetics, radiation oncology, and others.

Patients at Duke have the opportunity to enroll in clinical trials and receive new, cutting-edge therapies.

Duke is well known for its leadership in developing new tools to fight prostate cancer. Duke physicians are exploring the use of laparoscopic and robotic prostatectomy procedures to remove the prostate without making large incisions, so patients recover faster with fewer complications.

Learn more about prostate cancer services at Duke.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Donatucci, Craig F.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Ferrandino, Michael N.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Freedland, Stephen J.
  • Surgery / Urology
  • Pathology
• Harrison, Michael R.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Oncology
• Inman, Brant A.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Lee, W. Robert
  • Radiation Oncology / Radiation Onc-Clinical Sup
  • Surgery / Urology
• Moul, Judd W.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Polascik, Thomas J.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Robertson, Cary N.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Viviano, Charles J.
  • Surgery / Urology
• Vujaskovic, Zeljko
  • Radiation Oncology / Radiation Onc-Cancer Biology
  • Pathology

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Prostate Clinic
  200 Trent Drive, Duke Clinic 2L, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke University Hospital
  2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Urology
  Duke Clinic 1G, 200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Urology of Raleigh
  3480 Wake Forest Road, Medical Office Building 8, Suite 506, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Johnston Hematology / Oncology - Clayton
  Johnston Professional Plaza, 2076 NC Hwy 42, Suite 130, Clayton, NC 27520