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Focal Laser Ablation vs. Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: How to Choose?

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For years, men with low-risk prostate cancer had two options and nothing in between: remove or irradiate the whole gland, or leave it alone and watch. About half who chose watching later quit, and most of them had no evidence their cancer had changed at all. Focal laser ablation closes that gap, and it changes the calculation entirely. keep reading

Focal Laser Ablation vs. Radiation: What Patients Should Know

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No study has ever compared focal laser ablation and radiation head to head. The two fields even define failure differently, one by the need for retreatment and the other by a rising PSA. That makes a fair comparison harder than it looks, and makes understanding what each number actually measures essential before choosing. keep reading

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