Anyone got any views on this treatment??

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Posted 15 Feb 2018 at 08:49

https://www.williamscancerinstitute.com/procedures/

Quack or just expensive gobledegook

User

Posted 15 Feb 2018 at 17:06

I would say it is early days. Probably years before evidence is available for NICE to take a view on it. But expensive is certainly the right word!

User

Posted 15 Feb 2018 at 20:03

There is good data now on cryotherapy which is a form of focal ablation - PCUK has a devoted page on the subject here
https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information/treatments/cryotherapy

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 15 Feb 2018 at 20:13

My husband had a a focal laser ablation in the USA in March 2017

https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/focal-laser-ablation-new-york-city/

Before we decided we did ask our London consultant if she felt we were considering a'quack' solution. apparently not so we did it .. Full details are on my profile.

Good luck

Clare

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Posted 16 Feb 2018 at 01:21

Yes, ablation is another possibility, perhaps best suited where diagnosis is early and cancer is limited.. It is too early for for long term assessment to be made. Cryotherapy has been provided for longer and more frequently done in the USA. I didn't see any specific reference to PCa in the OP link but may have missed it.

Edited by member 16 Feb 2018 at 01:25 | Reason: Not specified

Barry

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