Do some patients require repeat treatment?
Every treatment, surgery, radiation or HIFU, has a recurrence rate. There is no medical treatment that is 100% guaranteed. Re-treatment rates also vary based on whether a patient is eligible for, and chooses, a “nerve sparing” procedure. The impotency rate is lower in nerve sparing but that can result in an increase in the re-treatment rate. The benefit of HIFU, unlike any other treatment, is that it does not limit future options. Should cancer recur, HIFU can be repeated or a patient can have the choice of surgery or radiation. Surgery and radiation cannot be repeated.
