Cryotherapy for low risk prostate cancer, oncological and functional medium term outcomes: A three center prospective study

Lucan V. C., Lugnani F., Buttice S., Sener E., Netsch C., Talso M., ...More

ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA, vol.89, no.2, pp.97-101, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 89 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.4081/aiua.2017.2.97
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.97-101
  • Keywords: Prostate cryotherapy, Minimally invasive treatment, Focal therapy, Low risk prostate cancer, INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND, ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE, RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RADIATION-THERAPY, CRYOSURGERY, SURVIVAL, FAILURE, DISEASE, TRIAL, MEN
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: Analyze the oncologic and functional outcomes in patients affected by low risk prostate cancer underwent prostate cryotherapy. Materiasl and methods: It's a prospective tricentric study of 434 patients treated with prostate cryoablation for low risk prostate cancer. By low risk we refer to the D'Amico's risk classification. Two cycles of freezing/thawing are run for each patient following the technique described by Onik.