Treatment options
Active at 75 but “Too Old” for Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Posted on July 15, 2025 in Blog, Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 8 minutes Medically Approved by Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist (July 2025) Podcast with Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust & The Focal Mr Raj Nigam is a Consultant Urologist at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust and The Focal Therapy Clinic. He specialises in advanced prostate cancer treatments […]
Read more →New Treatments for Prostate Cancer in 2026
Posted on March 21, 2025 in Prostate Cancer Support, Treatment optionsReading Time: 10 minutes Medically reviewed by Dr Aqua Asif, MRCS | Updated: 18 March 2026 At a Glance Prostate cancer treatment has advanced significantly in recent years, with focal therapies like HIFU (NICE-approved, IPG424) and NanoKnife IRE (NICE-approved, IPG768) offering men the ability to treat localised cancer while preserving quality of life. In our clinic’s experience, […]
Read more →73-Year-Old CEO Denied Surgery: When Doctors Say “Too Old”
Posted on November 9, 2024 in Hormone therapy, Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 9 minutes Medically Approved by Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist (June 2025) Legal Context: NHS Equality Act 2012 prohibits unjustified age discrimination Podcast with Mr Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust & The Focal TL;DR Systematic age discrimination is widespread with many men over 70 routinely denied curative […]
Read more →Active Surveillance After the Protect Trial: What Men Should Know
Posted on July 18, 2024 in Diagnosis, Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 6 minutesMedically Approved by Mr Marc Laniado (June 19th 2025) Podcast with Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist, The Focal Therapy Clinic TL;DR ProtecT trial shows 97% survival but 75% needed treatment (Source: ProtecT Trial, 2023) Modern surveillance requires high-quality MRI and targeted biopsies for accurate risk assessment UK diagnostic quality varies significantly across […]
Read more →Personalised Medicine in Prostate Cancer: Why It Matters
Posted on March 3, 2022 in Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 6 minutesMedically Approved by: Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist (2025)Referenced Guidelines: NHS Personalised Medicine Strategy, EAU Guidelines, Multidisciplinary Team Standards Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: Personalised medicine means matching treatment to individual life circumstances—age, fitness, family plans and lifestyle goals should shape the plan as much as Gleason grade. This requires precision diagnostics (high-quality […]
Read more →Predict Prostate: Data-Driven Tools to Prevent Overtreatment
Posted on December 22, 2021 in Mens' health, Podcast, Prostate Cancer Support, Treatment optionshttps://prostate.predict.nhs.uk Reading Time: 6 minutes Medically Approved by: Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist (July 2024) Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: Predict Prostate—a free NHS-backed online calculator—shows each man his 10- and 15-year survival with and without treatment, helping many realise that immediate radical therapy is rarely urgent and steering choices toward active surveillance or focal treatment […]
Read more →Can Anti-Ageing Science Improve Life After Prostate Cancer?
Posted on October 7, 2021 in Mens' health, Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 6 minutesMedically Approved by: Raj Nigam, Consultant Urologist & Andrologist (2025)Referenced Research: Cellular Senescence Studies, Decision Regret Analysis, Longevity Science ApplicationsUpdated: June 2025 TL;DR: Age is the biggest risk factor for prostate cancer, but “age” isn’t just a number. Biological age matters more than chronological age for treatment selection and recovery. […]
Read more →Active Surveillance or Early Focal Therapy? Why the Balance is Shifting Toward Treatment
Posted on July 17, 2020 in Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 8 minutes Medically Approved by: Alan Doherty, Clinical Director, Birmingham Prostate Clinic (2024) Referenced Data: 7-year HIFU outcomes, patient preference shifts, surveillance tolerance studies Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: In Alan Doherty’s clinic, the numbers have flipped—two years ago half of low-risk patients chose active surveillance; now three-quarters opt for focal HIFU. Better […]
Read more →Focal Therapy & Mental Health: Reducing Prostate Cancer Anxiety
Posted on July 10, 2020 in Mental health, MRI, Podcast, Prostate Cancer Support, Treatment options Reading Time: 7 minutes Medically Approved by: Marc Laniado, Consultant Urologist (July 2024) Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer often feel trapped between two fears: dying of cancer and living with continence or impotence. Focal therapy—precise ablation of the tumour only—preserves urinary and sexual function for most patients and, […]
Read more →Just Put Him on Hormones”: Short-Cuts in Prostate Cancer Care
Posted on June 30, 2020 in Hormone therapy, Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 7 minutes Study Reference: Imperial/HEAT Registry PSM Study (2023) – 8-year cancer control equivalence Legal Context: NHS Equality Act (2012) protections against age discrimination Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: Androgen-deprivation therapy is essential for advanced prostate cancer but is being inappropriately used as a “stop-gap” for early-stage patients who should receive curative treatment. […]
Read more →Your Legal Right to Treatment Choice: The Montgomery Ruling
Posted on June 23, 2020 in Podcast, Treatment optionsReading Time: 6 minutes Medically Approved by: Tim Dudderidge, Consultant Urologist (2025) Legal Framework: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 Updated: June 2025 TL;DR: The 2015 Montgomery ruling gives every man with prostate cancer the legal right to hear all reasonable treatment options—from radical surgery to focal therapy—and to choose based on […]
Read more →Any questions?
If you’ve got any questions about your prostate cancer diagnosis or want to know more about HIFU treatment or NanoKnife treatment, don’t hesitate to get in touch with our friendly, knowledgeable team.
