Photodynamic therapy for prostate cancer: Recent advances, challenges and opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, there has been a tendency toward early diagnosis of prostate cancer due to raised awareness among the general public and professionals, as well as the promotion of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. As a result, patients with prostate cancer are detected at an earlier stage. Due to the risks of urine incontinence, erectile dysfunction, etc., surgery is not advised because the tumor is so small at this early stage. Doctors typically only advise active surveillance. However, it will bring negative psychological effects on patients, such as anxiety. And there is a higher chance of cancer progression. Focal therapy has received increasing attention as an alternative option between active monitoring and radical therapy. Due to its minimally invasive, oncologic

SUBMITTER: Xue Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9538922 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature