HIFU Focal Therapy can be used to treat prostate cancer that has been diagnosed as having a Gleason Score of 7 or below and has not spread outside of the prostate.
If you have had an MRI/biopsy and been given a diagnosis of prostate cancer you will have some results that you now need to consider. You will have been told your Gleason Score which is used to evaluative the stage of your prostate cancer, how aggressive the cancer is and how likely it is to spread outside of the prostate.
The Gleason grading system is based upon cells viewed under a microscope. The pattern structure of these cells indicate how quickly they are likely to grow. The pattern grade is scored between 1 and 5. If you have prostate cancer, you will have Gleason grades of 3, 4 or 5. The higher the grade, the more likely the cancer is to spread outside the prostate.
“In HIFU Focal Therapy the aim is to get rid of the cancer that is causing concern whilst ensuring that the patient does not become incontinent and has a much lower chance of losing erectile function.”
Mr Tim Dudderidge, Urological Consultant at University Hospital, Southampton