Month: February 2016

• February 10, 2016
• Focal Treatment & Laser Ablation

The Time For Focal Laser Ablation Is Here

Until about 10 years ago, conventional prostate cancer treatments were based on the assumption that prostate cancer is a multifocal disease. All conventional treatment modalities (surgery, radiotherapy, and thermal ablation) were “radical” because they were directed at the removal or destruction of the whole gland. Such treatments, however, put urinary and sexual function at risk, keep reading

• February 4, 2016
• General Prostate Information

Gleason Pattern 4: Active Surveillance or Focal Laser Ablation?

The strategy of using active surveillance (AS) is increasingly recommended to low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients as a way to avoid or delay overtreatment. This is a new way of thinking; before the New Millennium, PCa was assumed to be multi-focal and most men with more than 10 years of life expectancy were hurried into keep reading