Focal cryotherapy more effective
Monday, November 21st, 2011 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A new paper in BJU International offers an analysis of data on the effectiveness and safety of focal cryotherapy (partial cryoablation of the prostate) as a first-line treatment for localized prostate cancer. Acording to data presented, it is evident that focal ...
Encouraging news for UK patients with metastatic advanced prostate cancer
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A new treatment method has shown to extend life for some men suffering from advanced prostate cancer. The treatment option was discovered in the UK at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Zytiga (abiraterone acetate), a once-daily oral drug, is now ...
Control as opposed to curative treatment of low risk, localized prostate cancer
Sunday, October 10th, 2010 Posted in hifu, hormone therapy, prostate cancer, prostate cryotherapy, prostatectomy, radiation therapy, watchful waiting | No Comments »Historically, “success” in the treatment of localized prostate cancer was the elimination of all evidence of cancer from the patient’s prostate and other nearby tissues — through radical surgery or radiation therapy of some type. But the increasing acceptance of active ...
Follow-up data on cryotherapy for prostate cancer
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »In a newly published report, a team of clinicians from Columbia University Medical Center has provided data on the 10-year follow-up of a small group of patients treated with salvage or primary cryotherapy for prostate cancer. Clinicians claim that this ...
Cryo surgery - New prostate cancer treatment
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A new surgical procedure, known al cryo surgery, freezes prostate cancer. Many studies suggest cryo surgery drastically cuts recovery time. This procedure is basically done as an outpatient procedure. These patients who choose to undergo cryoblation are put under anesthesia, then ...
Is cryotherapy for prostate cancer ready for prime time ?
Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Undoubtedly, prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing and prostate cancer treatment saves lives. However, there are growing concerns regarding overtreatment. There has also been a shift toward less invasive approaches to prostate cancer, including cryotherapy. Cryotherapy has undergone considerable change. For ...
Criotherapy in Scotland with “encouraging” results
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Doctors in Scotland have revealed they are giving tumours frostbite to fight prostate cancer. Since the procedure, known as cryotherapy, was introduced last October, 13 men have undergone the treatment, with "encouraging" results. During this minimally invasive procedure, the tumours are ...
Cryosurgery recognized as primary treatment option for prostate cancer
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Following years of innovation and intensive research, a research team of Binghamton University (BU) working with Cell Preservation Services, Inc., Owego, NY, has broken extraordinary new ground in the recognition of cryosurgery as a primary treatment option for prostate cancer. ...
Current state of cryoablation of localized prostate cancer
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Due to continuous technical developments for more than half a century followed by better clinical results with minimal side effects, cryoablation of the prostate for localized prostate cancer has evolved as a true alternative therapeutic option in selected cases. The current ...
The evolving potential of targeted focal therapy
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in hifu, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A recent study at University of Colorado has summarized available data on the potential roles of targeted focal therapy (TFT) using cryotherapy or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as an alternate treatment for low-risk prostate cancers. TFT uses 3D mapping biopsies ...