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Imaging and Focal Therapy of Early Prostate Cancer

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While practitioners from different medical disciplines are not in uniform agreement on the concept of routine PSA screening, one mind-set is clear: patients are increasingly interested in minimally invasive approaches to their disease process in an effort to minimize treatment-related morbidity while preserving efficacy of the chosen therapy.

From 1999 to 2007 the Cryo On-Line Data Registry recorded a statistically significant increase in implementation of focal therapy, 2.1 % (1/47 cases) of reported cases in 1999 and 38.2 % (293/768 cases) in 2007, representing a 1,000-fold increase over the time period.

The role of focal cryoablation is being explored, and at present the results indicate a potentially significant role for this therapy in the prostate cancer population. Herein is a summary of the current state of focal prostate cryoablation.

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  1. Department of Regional Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

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Levy, D.A., Jones, J.S. (2013). Cryoablation. In: Polascik, T. (eds) Imaging and Focal Therapy of Early Prostate Cancer. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-182-0_25

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