Primary Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

The May issue of the journal ONCOLOGY featured a review article titled “Primary Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Literature.” Sudhir Isharwal, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Urology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, discussed the emergence of focal therapies in the last few years for the treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer. This literature review investigated some of the advantages and drawbacks of various therapeutic models in this space.

The perspective for this article was written by Thomas Polascik, MD, a professor of Surgery/Urology and director of Focal Therapy at the Duke Cancer Center, Duke Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Polascik discussed the response he wrote to this article, titled “Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy Has Made Great Strides and the Future Remains Bright.” He touched on all aspects of focal therapy, including history, potential hurdles, and patient selection and surveillance, among other things.

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