In the absence of standards of care and defined best treatments for localized prostate cancer, Internet search engines provide patients with first information — or often misinformation. Clinicians need to guide patients to sources of high-quality evidence on focal ablative treatments for prostate cancer.
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Ghai, S., Trachtenberg, J. Internet information on focal prostate cancer therapy: help or hindrance?. Nat Rev Urol 16, 337–338 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-019-0180-8
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