The Focal Therapy Clinic

27/09/2025

here's your opportunity to build some evidence on the use of AI chatbots in managing our health

We want to hear about it.

26/09/2025

encouraging to see this wide range of treatment options acknowledged here

It’s among the most common cancers affecting older men. But a diagnosis today isn’t always what it seems.

25/09/2025

FTC Consultant Urologist Raj Nigam discusses his experience with HIFU & Nanoknife

"Mr. Raj Nigam (Consultant Urologist, The Focal Therapy Clinic): Focal therapy has been approved in the UK since 2012, with HIFU and cryotherapy gaining NIC...

23/09/2025

PI-FAB score proposed for focal therapy followup

The Prostate Imaging after Focal Ablation (PI-FAB) score has been recently proposed for scoring the appearance on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) of prostate cancer after focal therapy. The progressive implementation of prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomograp...

22/09/2025

A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Prostate Cancer shows that the risks of overdiagnosis and overtreatment – long seen as key barriers to a national screening programme – have been dramatically reduced thanks to advances in diagnostic tools and approaches

A new report from the APPG on Prostate Cancer shows the risks of overdiagnosis & overtreatment have reduced thanks to advances in diagnostics.

19/09/2025

Quality of life impact & increased accuracy suggest that one day, prostate cancer is likely to join breast, cervical and bowel cancers with its own screening program for men over 50. And MRIs are likely to be an integral part of this

The prostate cancer patient journey can be a painful, harrowing one for many men. It starts with a PSA blood test, and can lead to a biopsy (or even multiple biopsies) and then removal of the prostate, which can result in erectile dysfunction and incontinence of urine, or hormone therapy, that is li...

18/09/2025

Ongoing work is needed to validate, but this moves the needle on biomarkers for patients considering focal therapy

PURPOSEA biomarker to help predict outcomes after prostate cancer (PCa) focal therapy would be of considerable interest. We sought to assess the association between treatment failure after focal therapy and the Decipher score, a tumor-based genomic ...

17/09/2025

the MDT is central to delivering optimal care to cancer patients - we've consistently invested to ensure ours is gold standard

Carl He, MD, explores the barriers to adherence to treatment recommendations offered by the multidisciplinary team meeting in cancer care.

16/09/2025

a sign of real progress

Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is associated with limitations including high infection rates, sampling limitations and patient discomfort, which have led to the development of the transperineal approach. Randomized trials show that transperineal biopsy offers at least equivalent detec...

15/09/2025

“Time, cost and staff availability are all limiting factors in how many scans can be offered, which makes the results of the PRIME trial particularly important" a crucial step forward led by UCL

It might not seem much in the world of medical research, but clinical trial results on the use of MRI scans in prostate cancer could have huge implications for millions of men.

12/09/2025

a newsletter is now available from the Focal Therapy Society

Be the first to receive precision news, research highlights, and expert perspectives from the Focal Therapy Society. Each issue delivers timely updates on clinical advances, consensus projects, registry data, and advocacy efforts shaping the future of prostate cancer care. Launching September 11, 20...

11/09/2025

new energy sources and modalities for treating prostate cancer with focal therapy continue to advance