Month: August 2026

For localized prostate cancer, the options can feel like two extremes: treat the whole gland and risk lasting side effects, or treat none of it and live with the worry of watching and waiting. Focal therapy sits in between. By destroying just the tumor and a small margin around it, it aims for cancer control close to radical treatment while preserving the quality of life that comes with treating none of the gland. keep reading

Why treat an entire prostate when the trouble usually starts in one spot? That question sits at the heart of focal therapy. For decades the answer was that doctors couldn't see or target the tumor precisely enough. Advances in multiparametric MRI, MRI-guided biopsy, and the index lesion concept finally changed that, opening a middle path between radical treatment and active surveillance. keep reading

Most men can name the usual prostate cancer risks: age, race, family history. A few others rarely make the list. Meat charred over high heat, how tall a boy grew during his teenage years, and even the kind of job a man works can each nudge his risk upward. None of them cause cancer outright, yet all three can tip the odds in ways worth understanding, and often in ways a man can act on. keep reading