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Focal therapy may be the future for prostate cancer

February 25th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer

A scientific team at University College London, UK, has now published an article outlining the need for an international research strategy which could be used to evaluate focal therapy over time. According to  which should be “pragmatic” in nature and include the use of focal therapies in a broad spectrum of patient types; and which should include a focus on landmark diagnostic studies incorporating imaging techniques and biomarkers in addition to studies directed at the biology of prostate cancer over time.

Experts agree that within the focal therapy framework there exists a unique opportunity to undertake landmark diagnostic studies incorporating imaging techniques and biomarkers in addition to studies directed at the biology of prostate cancer over time. [ more about focal therapy ]

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