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Focal Laser Ablation of the Prostate

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Targeted (focal) prostate tumor ablations have been performed most commonly by cryotherapy (freezing) and HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). With increasing published data on thermal-based prostate focal ablation, confidence in this treatment approach is increasing. MRI-guided laser ablation offers a minimally invasive precision prostate tumor ablation that can be thermally monitored during treatment (thermometry) and has few to no side effects. This chapter offers a rationale for and clinical description of focal laser ablation (FLA) as well as thermometry to monitor tumor ablation.

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  1. Sperling Prostate Center, Alpha 3T MRI, 145 E. 32th St, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Dan Sperling MD

  2. Bard Cancer Center, Biofoundation for Angiogenesis Research and Development, 121 E. 60th St, New York, NY, 10022, USA

    Robert L. Bard MD

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  1. Biofoundation for angiogenesis Research and Development, Bard Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Robert L. Bard

  2. Department of Radiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Jurgen J. Fütterer

  3. Sperling Prostate Center, Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA

    Dan Sperling

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Sperling, D., Bard, R.L. (2014). Focal Laser Ablation of the Prostate. In: Bard, R., Fütterer, J., Sperling, D. (eds) Image Guided Prostate Cancer Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40429-0_19

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