Non-operative approaches to localised cancer

Dr John Gaffney of the Prostate Cancer Institute, NUI Galway, and Prof Francis J Sullivan, Galway University Hospital and the Galway Clinic, give a comprehensive overview of non-operative treatments for prostate cancer Prostate cancer represents 11 per cent of all cancers in the European Union and 9 per cent of all cancer deaths. Standard curative options for localised prostate cancer include operative approaches (radical prostatectomy (RP)) or non-operative treatments often involving radiation therapy (external beam (EBRT), brachytherapy (BT) or combinations of the two). Active surveillance is referred in carefully selected patients. Radiotherapeutic (RT) approaches will be the topic of further…