Category: Focal Treatment & Laser Ablation
Designing Clinical Trials for Focal Salvage Ablation
Treating prostate cancer by thermal ablation uses extreme heat or cold to destroy the tissue. Prostate ablation was originally performed as a radical (total gland) treatment because prostate cancer was considered a multifocal disease. In other words, ablation was used as a substitute for surgical removal (prostatectomy) or radiation of the whole gland. It wasn’t keep readingHemiablation vs. Focal Laser Ablation
When is a little treatment too much treatment? That curiosity was the foundation of a new study out of McGill University Health Center in Montreal.[i] The research team followed 157 patients who had been diagnosed with unilateral prostate cancer (cancer on one side of the gland only) and followed by repeat biopsy for a median keep reading
Prostate Cancer Treatment Trends: Where is Focal Therapy?
The CaPSURE registry (Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor) is a remarkable ongoing collection of information about prostate cancer patients drawn from 36 clinical sites that participate in this endeavor. Currently, data on more than 13,000 men exists in CaPSURE. While their identities are protected, information on factors such as date of diagnosis, keep reading
