Does focal therapy have dangers? Focal therapy is a treatment option for localized prostate cancer. There are several focal therapy treatment options and all have potential dangers. In this video you will learn about
- focal therapy options
- how it's done
- who's an ideal candidate
- potential complications and dangers
Links.
PSA has 78% false-positive rate
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/828854_3
PSA testing fails to save significant numbers of lives
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810696
The Gleason 6 is a bogus cancer - see Table 1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708232/
https://ascopost.com/issues/december-25-2016/a-gleason-6-tumor-is-it-cancer-and-should-it-be-treated/
12-core prostate needle biopsy samples 0.1% of the prostate
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945928#vp_2
FDA approved but NO clear benefit
https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170404123010/https:/www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/99/transcpt/3523t1.pdf
Prostate cancer surgery fails to save lives
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1113162
Surgery, radiation or NO treatment have same 15 year survival
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122?query=featured_home
The case against prostate checks and screening - multiple embedded links
https://howardwolinsky.substack.com/p/part-2-up-yours-the-case-again-dres
Most prostate cancer claims are exaggerations and misrepresentations
https://lundberginstitute.org/the-sordid-truth-about-prostate-cancer/
Most published research is false
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
Only 11% of medical treatments are of known benefit
https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/half-of-medical-treatments-of-unknown-effectiveness/
Books
The Great Prostate Hoax by R. Ablin PhD and R. Piana
The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam by Anthony H. Horan MD
- focal therapy options
- how it's done
- who's an ideal candidate
- potential complications and dangers
Links.
PSA has 78% false-positive rate
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/828854_3
PSA testing fails to save significant numbers of lives
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810696
The Gleason 6 is a bogus cancer - see Table 1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708232/
https://ascopost.com/issues/december-25-2016/a-gleason-6-tumor-is-it-cancer-and-should-it-be-treated/
12-core prostate needle biopsy samples 0.1% of the prostate
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945928#vp_2
FDA approved but NO clear benefit
https://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170404123010/https:/www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/99/transcpt/3523t1.pdf
Prostate cancer surgery fails to save lives
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1113162
Surgery, radiation or NO treatment have same 15 year survival
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122?query=featured_home
The case against prostate checks and screening - multiple embedded links
https://howardwolinsky.substack.com/p/part-2-up-yours-the-case-again-dres
Most prostate cancer claims are exaggerations and misrepresentations
https://lundberginstitute.org/the-sordid-truth-about-prostate-cancer/
Most published research is false
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
Only 11% of medical treatments are of known benefit
https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/half-of-medical-treatments-of-unknown-effectiveness/
Books
The Great Prostate Hoax by R. Ablin PhD and R. Piana
The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam by Anthony H. Horan MD
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- Urology

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