Potentially curative salvage options for biochemical failure after primary prostatic radiotherapy include salvage radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound and cryotherapy.
Salvage cryoablation for recurrent prostate cancer after irradiation failure is currently a well-established therapeutic option, since technical improvements have permitted better oncologic outcomes and lower complications rates over the years. This article reviews surgical technique, oncologic and functional outcomes, as well as morbidity and complications of salvage cryotherapy for local recurrence after external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy for prostate cancer.
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Hétet JF, Colls P, Pocholle P, Chauveau P, Barré C, Hallouin P. Are you the author?
Service de chirurgie urologique, clinique Jules-Verne, 2-4, route de Paris, 44314 Nantes cedex 3, France; Service de radiologie, clinique Jules-Verne, 2-4, route de Paris, 44314 Nantes cedex 3, France.
Reference: Cancer Radiother. 2014 Jun 5. pii: S1278-3218(14)00068-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2014.04.002
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24910288
Article in French.
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