Prostate cancer patients may soon have a new option to treat their disease: laser heat. UCLA researchers have found that focal laser ablation - the precise application of heat via laser to a tumor - ...

Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in minimally invasive, focal treatment options has been growing for certain ...

A novel cooled laser focal therapy device demonstrates 84% treatment success for localized prostate cancer at 3 months, with only 12% reporting erectile dysfunction and minimal impact on urinary ...

Investigators who conducted 2 clinical trials concluded that focal therapy is not inferior to radical prostatectomy with respect to treatment failure. Focal therapy such as high-intensity focused ...

LAS VEGAS -- Focused ultrasound ablation for prostate cancer proved at least equivalent to radical prostatectomy for failure-free survival, according to a randomized trial reported here. After 3 years ...

A single institution study finds that more than half of men undergoing focal cryoablation remain free of salvage therapy, metastasis, and death at 10 years. Primary focal cryoablation provides good ...

A minimally invasive targeted treatment called salvage focal therapy, which targets just the cancerous area of the prostate, can treat men whose prostate cancer has recurred after radiotherapy with ...

TULSA reduces tumor volume and PSA levels, improving urinary and sexual function in prostate cancer patients. Five-year TACT study data shows 80% of patients had no significant disease after one year, ...

Localized prostate cancer treatments include radical prostatectomy and focal therapy, with the latter targeting only cancerous areas to preserve healthy tissue. Focal therapy allows for active ...