Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy

Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy – an article by Imperial College London.
This is a ground-breaking and game-changing study for males. For may years, the only curative treatment for males with prostate cancer that had not spread outside the prostate was surgery or radiation therapy.

What is particularly exciting about this study, is that many of these patients were “high-risk,” meaning they could have a PSA of at least 20, a Gleason Score of 8-10, and or presumed extraprostatic extension on digital rectal examination.
Now we have data indicating that a large percentage of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer can have treatment equal to the efficacy of surgery or radiation, with a significantly reduced incidence of urinary incontinence and/or erectile dysfunction. Keep in mind, however, that it has only recently been FDA-approved in the U.S., so success can be operator dependent.

 

July 23rd, 2019

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Dr. Mark Rosenberg received his doctorate from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1988 and has been involved with drug research since 1991.