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Focal Therapies For Prostate Cancer: Separating Facts From Hype
48 mins·16:00, 16 Oct 2025
Focal Therapies For Prostate Cancer: Separating Facts From Hype
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Guest: Dato' Dr Tan Hui Meng, Consultant Urologist | Dr Amir H. Lebastchi (Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology), Keck School of Medicine of USC
When it comes to the treatment of prostate cancer, the thought of surgery and radiotherapy can be frightening for some patients, even if these are the standard of care for the disease. On the other hand, not all men are suited for active surveillance, a form of vigilant monitoring for low-risk, slow-growing cancers. Therefore, there is growing interest in finding the middle ground - minimally invasive treatments that produce fewer side effects on urinary and sexual functions. But are focal therapies, such as High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), able to deliver on this promise and do we approach this relatively new treatment with caution?
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Presenter: Tee Shiao Eek
Producer: Tee Shiao Eek
minimally invasive therapyprostate surgerythe bigger picturehealth & livingprostate cancerultrasound
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