To report (1) intermediate-term oncologic and functional outcomes of primary focal cryoablation (FC) in selected patients with clinically unilateral, low-intermediate-risk prostate cancer, and investigate (2) the impact of patient selection criteria at predicting outcomes after FC.
Forty-one patients with unilateral prostate cancer were treated with FC. Patients were stratified using the 2007 Task Force Focal Prostate Cancer Patient selection criteria (Task Force criteria). Posttherapy follow-up included questionnaires, PSA measurement, and TRUS-guided biopsies.
Complete follow-up was available in 40 patients (median follow-up 63 months; range 12-92 months). Compared to precryotherapy PSA level (mean 7. 1 ng/ml), postcryotherapy PSA level (mean 1. 8 ng/ml) dropped by 75 % at 3 months (P < 0. 0001) and this decline persisted throughout the follow-up period, with no significant difference seen across patient selection criteria (P = 0. 859). The treatment failure rate was 10 % (4/40) with no significant difference seen across patient selection criteria (P = 0. 832). Of 32 patients undergoing postcryotherapy biopsy, 7 (22 %) had positive biopsies (2 ipsilateral lobes, 5 contralateral lobes). Patients of Task Force criteria group were less likely to have positive biopsy in contralateral lobe than focal control group (P = 0. 032). Complete continence (no pads) and potency sufficient for intercourse were documented in 97. 6 and 76. 9 % of patients, respectively.
The intermediate-term oncologic efficacy of primary FC in selected patients with clinically unilateral, low-intermediate-risk prostate cancer appears favorable, and the side-effect profile is low. The 2007 Task Force criteria appear to reduce the positive biopsy rate in contralateral lobe after FC.
International urology and nephrology. 2015 Nov 03 [Epub ahead of print]
Huibo Lian, Junlong Zhuang, Rong Yang, Feng Qu, Wei Wang, Tingsheng Lin, Hongqian Guo
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