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Technical Aspects of Focal Therapy in Localized Prostate Cancer

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Cryotherapy has been used for years. The prospect of its use in focal therapy has spurred renewed interest in it, which in its recent evolutions enhance both the accuracy and reliability that are especially needed for focal ablation while preserving adjacent tissue. Improvements in thermoimaging monitoring and new percutaneous cryoprobes have resulted in lowering technical limitations and make cryotherapy fit for both primary localized prostate cancer treatment with intention-to-treat and salvage therapy for locally recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy.

With acknowledgments to Romain Haider, Damien Ambrosetti, Lisa Camus (photography credits)

Romain Haider, MD, Department of Urology, Hôpital Pasteur 2 - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, University of Nice-Sophia-Anitpolis, 3à voie Romaine, 06000, Nice, France

Damien Ambrosetti, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Hôpital Pasteur 2 – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice,University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

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Abbreviations

ASTRO:

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

BPH:

Benign prostate hyperplasia

DRE:

Digital rectal examination

EBRT:

External beam radiation therapy

ED:

Erectile dysfunction

HIFU:

High-intensity focused ultrasonography

IQR:

Interquartile range

PCa:

Prostate cancer

TRUS:

Transrectal ultrasound

US:

Ultrasound

VTP:

Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy

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  1. Department of Urology, Hôpital Pasteur 2 – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 30 voie Romaine, 06000, Nice, France

    Matthieu Durand MD, Zeinab Mahate & Victoria Wijeratne

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    Zeinab Mahate & Victoria Wijeratne

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Durand, M., Mahate, Z., Wijeratne, V. (2015). Focal Cryotherapy. In: Barret, E., Durand, M. (eds) Technical Aspects of Focal Therapy in Localized Prostate Cancer. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0484-2_11

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