We were recently made aware of a video on Facebook promoting high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as a treatment for prostate cancer. The video promotes the services of a particular group of physicians who specialize in this form of treatment. They are, of course, entirely entitled to do this. READ MORE …
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Many regular readers may be interested in a blog post by Gary Schwitzer on the MedPage Today web site. It addresses the increasing advertising of CyberKnife radiation therapy (a form of stereotactic body radiation therapy or SBRT) as a first-line treatment for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Back in March, a group of authors from three major medical centers published a report in the Journal for Healthcare Quality strongly suggesting that U.S. hospitals were inappropriately over-promoting the use of robot-assisted surgery for treatment of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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There is extensive promotion of the various forms of radical prostatectomy as a method for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, it would be fair to say that the supposed benefits of treatment are normally given a great deal more prominence than the very real risks. … READ MORE …
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Most of the regular readers of this column, and many members of our social network, will have become aware by now of high-intensity focal ultrasound (HIFU) as a first-line treatment for early stage, localized prostate cancer that is in clinical trials in the USA and is widely available outside the USA. … READ MORE …
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