HIFU treatment : the care pathway
Discover the journey of care for Bill, who suffers from localized prostate cancer. After the clinical evaluation of his cancer, he discussed treatment options with his urologist. He chose non-invasive therapeutic ultrasound (HIFU) treatment.
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HIFU in the news
Quality of life
Formerly considered to be incompatible with cancer, therapeutic advances and improvement in cancer survival have recently placed quality of life at the heart of patients' decision about prostate cancer management. Quality of life is akin to a person's judgment on his life and his psychic equilibrium, it is therefore a very subjective concept that makes its assessment difficult. ...
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The Prostate
The prostate is a small gland in the male reproductive system. It is situated in front of the rectum, below the bladder, and surrounds the urethra, which is the tube through which urine flows out of the body. The main function of the chestnut-sized prostate is to secrete part of the seminal fluid that combines with sperm to ...
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