I am tremendously excited about our multidisciplinary Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center at NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore), which brings to each individual patient the combined talents of our outstanding clinicians and scientists. For a long time, I have believed that such an approach — one that allows men with prostate cancer to consult with experts from multiple disciplines and receive a consensus-based, individualized recommendation for treatment — is the best way to improve patient care.
NorthShore is respected for establishing comprehensive, multidisciplinary programs that offer patients and their families the best treatment options, as well as access to research initiatives aimed at early detection and noninvasive therapies. Continuing this tradition of excellence, and in keeping with our mission to preserve and improve human life, NorthShore has established a Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center.
The Center brings together NorthShore physicians and researchers from a multitude of disciplines to respond to what is now a highly curable disease. I am honored to be a part of this team because I believe this level of organization and multi-specialty cooperation is the right way to treat prostate cancer. Not only does it allow us to determine the best method of treatment for each patient, but it also gives our patients tremendous peace of mind.
Charles Brendler, M.D.
Professor of Urology
Ronald L. Chez Family and Richard Melman Family
Chair of Prostate Cancer
Vice Chairman of Surgery for Academics and Development