{"id":8912,"date":"2025-11-04T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/news\/movember-its-time-for-preventive-checkups\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:16:51","slug":"movember-its-time-for-preventive-checkups","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/en\/news\/movember-its-time-for-preventive-checkups\/","title":{"rendered":"Movember \u2013 it&#8217;s time for preventive checkups!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November is a month in which we think intensely about men&#8217;s health. Through the <strong>global Movember<\/strong> movement, awareness is being raised around the world about the importance of <strong>regular preventive check-ups,<\/strong> especially of the prostate and testicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name <strong>\u201cMovember\u201d<\/strong> comes from the English words moustache and november. Men grow moustaches in <strong>November<\/strong> as a symbol of support and to encourage conversation about important topics such as <strong>prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Movember-marko-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of the lower face of a person with round glasses and a thick dark beard with a few gray strands, lips closed in a slight smile against a dark background.\" class=\"wp-image-9014\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mona Lisa &#8211; the most modern prostate biopsy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is that one small gesture \u2013 growing a mustache \u2013 can spark <strong>big changes<\/strong> and help save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Priora International Medical Center<\/strong> is proud of its urology, urological oncology and robotic surgery departments. Thanks to high technology, primarily the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/technology\/da-vinci\">Da Vinci<\/a> <\/strong>and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/technology\/mona-lisa\"><strong> Mona Lisa<\/strong><\/a><strong> robotic systems<\/strong>, it is one of the most modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/departments\/urology\"><strong>urology departments<\/strong><\/a> in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biopsija prostate<\/strong> uz pomo\u0107 robota <strong>Mona Lisa<\/strong> najmodernija je metoda <strong>dijagnosticiranja<\/strong> raka prostate koja koristi fuzijsku tehnologiju za precizno i minimalno invazivno uzimanje uzoraka iz sumnjivih podru\u010dja prostate. Kombinacijom snimaka magnetske rezonancije i ultrazvuka, robotski ure\u0111aj stvara <strong>trodimenzionalni prikaz prostate<\/strong>, \u0161to omogu\u0107uje ciljanje to\u010dno odre\u0111enih lezija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kalem-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9009\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Da Vinci \u2013 A Revolution in Prostate Cancer Treatment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Da Vinci robotic system,<\/strong> however, has <strong>revolutionized<\/strong> the treatment of <strong>prostate cancer<\/strong>. The first Da Vinci prostate surgeries in Croatia were performed at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/en\/\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/priora.eu\/en\">International Medical Center Priora<\/a><\/strong> in <strong>June 2024.<\/strong> The sophisticated Da Vinci system enables minimally invasive surgeries and makes it easier for surgeons to access <strong>narrow anatomical segments<\/strong>, <strong>specific to urological pathology<\/strong> and areas that are difficult to access with classical or laparoscopic incisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the <strong>first steps<\/strong> in taking care of prostate health is certainly <strong>preventive urological examinations<\/strong>, and our experts will offer patients answers to all their questions. For the purpose of prevention, it is recommended to measure <strong>PSA &#8211; prostate specific antigen<\/strong> in the blood, which helps in the early detection of prostate cancer and other prostate diseases. In the laboratory of the<strong> International Medical Center Priora<\/strong>, the result is available in a very short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.priora.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Radoja-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling medical professional in a white coat operates an ultrasound machine, with an abdominal scan displayed on the monitor in a bright clinic room.\" class=\"wp-image-9004\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November is a month in which we think intensely about men&#8217;s health. Through the global Movember movement, awareness is being raised around the world about the importance of regular preventive check-ups, especially of the prostate and testicles. The name \u201cMovember\u201d comes from the English words moustache and november. 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