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Posted on July 17, 2024 in Diagnosis, MRI, Podcast, ScreeningA conversation with TFTC consultant, Alan Doherty Joining the podcast today is Alan Doherty, Clinical Director at the Birmingham Prostate Clinic, and recently voted one of the UK’s top ten prostate cancer specialists in a national poll of consultant urologists published in the Daily Mail. Alan has been an innovator, advocate and dedicated practitioner of […]
Read more →Focal Therapy & Prostate Cancer Screening: How Minimally-Invasive Options Are Reshaping the Case for PSA Testing
Posted on July 16, 2024 in Diagnosis, MRI, Podcast, ScreeningReading Time: 7 minutes Medically Approved by: Alan Doherty, Clinical Director, Birmingham Prostate Clinic (2024) Referenced Treatments: HIFU focal therapy, IRE/NanoKnife, multiparametric MRI advances Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: Highly-targeted treatments (HIFU & NanoKnife) now control early tumours with minimal side-effects, removing traditional fears about “finding cancer means losing function.” Modern mpMRI pinpoints lesions before […]
Read more →Managing prostate cancer in an era of delayed diagnoses
Posted on April 7, 2022 in Diagnosis, ScreeningTwo reports were released this week which present the challenging healthcare landscape facing those with suspected cancer. The House of Commons Health Committee report on cancer services revealed that progress in the early diagnosis of cancer in the NHS has been stalled. Based on data up to 2019, the report showed that only 54% of cases […]
Read more →Black Men – Don’t Wait to Get Screened for Prostate Cancer.
Posted on April 22, 2021 in HIFU, Patient stories, Podcast, ScreeningAn interview with focal therapy patient Delroy Wright Former TFTC patient Delroy Wright joins OnFocus to discuss his experience with prostate cancer, and to suggest some actions to both men and their doctors about testing and treatment. Please find below a written transcript of the interview, and call The Focal Therapy Clinic today to discuss […]
Read more →Will MRI Prostate Screening Become the Man’s Mammogram?
Posted on February 19, 2021 in Diagnosis, ScreeningWe often talk about focal therapy as the “male lumpectomy”, comparing advancements in techniques that have enabled targeted treatment for breast cancer to those for the prostate. The recent publication of an imaging technique called Prostagram extends the comparison further to screening, potentially leading to a world where men undergo prostagram screening for prostate cancer […]
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