Improving Prostate Cancer Care in Cambodia: A Personal and Professional Journey

Soarawee Weerasopone, Urologist Bangkok hospital Headquarter, Bangkok Samitivej Sriracha hospital, Chonburi Greetings to all my colleagues, patients, and friends. I am sharing a significant milestone in my professional journey. On January 3, 2020, I had the distinct honor of serving as an International Faculty member at the 3rd Asian Urological Oncology Forum in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, […]
L'ère de la chirurgie robotique en urologie

La chirurgie urologique robot-assistée a gagné en réputation de nos jours, s'imposant déjà comme un étalon-or dans de nombreuses chirurgies urologiques, telle que la prostatectomie robot-assistée. Aujourd'hui, nous allons plonger dans toute l'histoire de la chirurgie urologique robot-assistée – son histoire, son utilisation, ses avantages et ses inconvénients, et nous projetterons l'avenir de la chirurgie urologique robot-assistée. Allons-y […]
Biopsie transpérinéale de la prostate par fusion IRM - La solution pour la détection du cancer de la prostate

Aujourd'hui, nous allons plonger en profondeur dans la nouvelle procédure appelée “ biopsie de prostate transpérinéale par fusion IRM ”. Le cancer de la prostate est le deuxième cancer solide le plus fréquent chez les hommes dans le monde. Par le passé, pour suspicion de cancer de la prostate, un patient devait subir la procédure de biopsie appelée “ biopsie prostatique aléatoire transrectale ”, à cette époque […]
Rétrécissement de l'uretère : Causes et traitement

Ureteral stricture is a condition that spin around my urology clinic. Most of patients have been sent from the other clinics by various causes of etiology, some are symptomatic, and some are not. This kind of condition need a carefully history taking as well as physical examination along with a proper imaging investigation before discussion […]
Lycopène : Quelle quantité faut-il prendre pour prévenir le cancer de la prostate ?

Le lycopène, l'antioxydant riche en tomate, carotte, pastèque et papaye, est largement mentionné par le grand public pour la prévention des suppléments contre le cancer de la prostate. Ce sujet vous donnera plus de détails sur cet antioxydant aux propriétés quasi-magiques. FAQ sur le lycopène Q : Qu'est-ce que le lycopène ? R : C'est un pigment que l'on trouve dans les plantes connues [...]
La polykystose rénale : Que faire ?

For me as a urologist who’s dealing with kidney problems in every single day. There is one genetic-related kidney condition which happen in young population and always terrifying the one whom experienced, so-called “Polycystic kidney disease”. It is a state of several cystic lesions all over the kidney organ. Today, I will clarify everything you […]
6 Facteurs de risque modifiables sur la prévention du cancer de la prostate

Whereas the patients at my office asking lots on prostate cancer prevention so in this topic, I will show you the 6 modifiable risk factors prostate cancer prevention strategy that you may consider and try to make it possible for your own. But in the meantime, you must know that prostate cancer also mainly related […]
Thérapie de privation androgénique chez un patient atteint d'un cancer de la prostate avancé

In this topic, we will remain focusing on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in advanced prostate cancer patients. Testosterone plays a major role in prostate cancer aggressiveness; therefore, we try in every way to suppress this hormone to control disease progression. In the past, the only way to perform androgen deprivation therapy was a bilateral orchiectomy […]
Interprétation des résultats de l'IRM de la prostate

Due to the medical concern and health promotion program very actively in now a day, lots of gentlemen more likely suspicious on prostate cancer will refer seeing me at the Urology office. In the past, when we suspected prostate cancer, we only have one method to recommend them; we always introduce them to do prostate […]
TURBT - Résection en bloc de la tumeur de la vessie au laser Holmium (Ho-ERBT)

In this topic, I will classify the pros and cons of Ho-ERBT (Holmium laser En-Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumor) compared with the conventional TURBT (Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor). Let’s start with understanding the conventional operation first. The conventional TURBT involves passing a scope via the urethra and using a small electrical surgical knife to […]
