Salvage prostate cryoablation after primary interstitial brachytherapy failure: a feasible approach

Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2006;9(1):99-101. doi: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500853.

Abstract

Salvage treatment for recurrent prostate cancer remains a very difficult and challenging field in urologic oncology. The introduction of minimally invasive surgical procedures such a targeted cryoablation brings some hope with its feasibility and efficacy to become a potentially curable treatment. We present the case of a 75-year-old male with prostate cancer treated primarily by brachytherapy, who developed late locally recurrent disease that was successfully treated with targeted salvage cryoablation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brachytherapy*
  • Cryosurgery*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
  • Salvage Therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome