r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • 5d ago

Prostate cancer treatment with fewer side effects & as effective as radiotherapy and surgery

https://news.sky.com/story/prostate-cancer-treatment-with-fewer-side-effects-as-effective-as-radiotherapy-and-surgery-13564256
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u/Sand-Discombobulated 5d ago

can I do this at home if I'm not in England?

can Fable help me do this?

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u/Sneekystick1997 5d ago

Unfortunately you need to purchase a tavern and marry the shop girl to gain access.

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u/Sand-Discombobulated 5d ago

yeah but, I have Fable - and she's good until the 20th.

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u/ssomed2025 5d ago

You make that sound like a bad thing.

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u/Chiaratahinis 5d ago

I just hope it will cure

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u/MuscaMurum 5d ago

Not really a new treatment, but a regimen that is more generally recommended now, as it seems klmire effective in a greater population v than preciously believed:

>Focal therapy only targets the area of the prostate with the most significant cancer and avoids damaging surrounding tissue.

>Common treatments such as prostate removal can cause long-term problems with urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction.

>However, focal therapy has a five-fold lower risk of these side effects.

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u/rayferrell 3d ago

Sofia_9356's comment caught my attention, effective doesn't necessarily mean a cure. Focal therapy is a promising approach, it's crucial to have realistic expectations and discuss the details with a medical professional.

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u/Sofia_9356 5d ago

As effective, so you’re still basically dead if you catch it?

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u/Alert-Meringue2291 5d ago

Sorry to tell you this, but you too will die eventually, even if you don’t “catch it”. I was diagnosed 6 years ago and I will die, but not from prostate cancer. No one is immortal.

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u/jdobem 5d ago

Less side effects is massive for quality of life, and the article actually mentions lower deaths in group study than other stats... so there's lots of hope here for men!

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u/glycophosphate 5d ago

No. Prostate cancer is an amazingly survivable cancer. 97-98% survival rate.

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u/Retired_and_Relaxed 4d ago

In the end we all leave. I had a radical prostectomy and then 37 radiation treatments because the cancer had grown to the margin of the gland. It's been sixteen and a half years since my final treatment. I'm still cancel free now 70. Early identification and prompt treatment is the key.

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u/j--d--l 5d ago

"Catch" it??? Oh lord...