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Focal therapy use remains uncommon in nonmetastatic prostate cancer

For patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer, focal therapy use has remained uncommon across risk groups, and its use was defined as inappropriate in about half of recipients, according to a research letter published online Aug. 13 in…

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Andrea Cosenza, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study using the National Cancer Database to examine patterns and temporal trends in focal therapy use among U.S. patients ages 50 and older with nonmetastatic prostate cancer diagnosed between 2010 and 2023. Focal therapy use in low-, high- or very high-risk disease was defined as inappropriate.

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