HIFU and cryotherapy in focal therapy for prostate cancer
April 21st, 2009 Posted in hifu, prostate cryotherapyA recent study has shown that, in a series of 127 consecutive Chinese patients, treated with either high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or targeted cryoablation of the prostate (TCAP), the tissue trauma and associated invasiveness of HIFU is significantly less than that of TCAP. Prior experimental studies have suggested that acute-phase reactions to treatment are proportional to surgery-induced tissue damage.