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High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males and the second-leading cancer-related cause of death in the Western world. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, and changes in the diagnostic pathway of prostate cancer, has resulted in proportionally more men being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer still confined to the prostate. Patients are faced with an overwhelming choice of treatment options to treat their disease. Standard options include radical prostatectomy (RP) and external-beam radiotherapy (ERBT) which, although provide good long-term cancer control, are associated with significant side effects affecting the quality of life of these patients.

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Orczyk, C., Emberton, M. (2021). High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer. In: Rastinehad, A.R., Siegel, D.N., Wood, B.J., McClure, T. (eds) Interventional Urology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73565-4_13

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