Prostate cancer
Read more about the patient satisfaction rates, our specialists' expertise, innovations, and wait times for prostate cancer treatment.

Patient satisfaction
Patient satisfaction rates are the opinions of our patients on the care and services they received at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. Our patients named expertise, personal care, information, trust, and the possibility to be involved as important aspects in their ratings of the Netherlands Cancer Institute.
Satisfaction rates for patients with prostate cancer at the Netherlands Cancer Institute
Patients with prostate cancer give the Netherlands Cancer Institute the following ratings
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9.0Expertise
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8.3Personal attention
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8.3Information
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8.7Confidence/ trust
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8.3Shared decision making

Expertise
Expertise is the experience and skill of our specialists, specific to this cancer type. We measure their expertise by keeping records of the numbers of patients treated, the numbers of patients requesting a second opinion, and the types of treatments being delivered.
The following data is based on the year 2015
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4569
patients with prostate cancer
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1475
new patients -
79
second opinions
Further division by treatment type
The expertise of our team of specialists is based on the three main treatments: the number of patients receiving surgery, radiation, and/or treatment with cancer drugs. We will give you further insights into our experience per treatment.
Surgical treatments (most common)
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293
prostatectomy (laparoscopic) with robot -
64
lymph node dissection
Radiation treatments (most common)
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600
radiotherapy prostate -
122
brachytherapy prostate
Drug treatments (most common)
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248
hormone therapy -
81
chemotherapy
Many patients at the Netherlands Cancer Institute participate in a clinical trial looking into drug treatments, such as immunotherapy. These patients have not been included in the overview.

Wait times
The wait times presented below are just indications of the average wait times and are based on the average wait times (median) of the past month.
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15 days
rapid diagnostics
You can usually get rapid diagnostics within fifteen days
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15 days
Second opinion
You can usually get a second opinion within fifteen days
First appointment
Wait time until the first appointment
80% of our patients are seen within one week.
Establishing a treatment plan
Between your first visit to the clinic and the first diagnostics, there may be a period for additional tests, and for the specialists involved in the treatment to discuss and establish the treatment plan with the patient.
Start of the treatment
Wait times until the start of the treatment
Our patients will start treatment within the following number of days:
1. Radiotherapy treatment: <22 days
2. Surgical treatment: <30 days
3. Treatment with medication <21 days