Pushing the Limits with Nanoknife®: A Promising New Technology in Localised Prostate Cancer Management

Abstract

In the last few decades, the ever-increasing improvements in cancer detection have allowed urologists to detect prostate cancer (PrC) at earlier stages: currently, in industrialised countries, most diagnosed prostate tumours are small and localised. 1 As a direct consequence, health-related quality of life (QoL) has become a prominent factor in treatment decision-making for localised PrC. Indeed, approaches such as radical prostatectomy (RP) and external beam therapy have been associated with significantly impaired urinary, bowel,