Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer : An Emerging Strategy for Minimally Invasive, Staged Treatment

This Book Provides A 2015 State Of The Art Update On The Hot Topic Of Focal Prostate Cancer Therapy, Which Offers A Means Of Preserving The Prostate And Avoiding Major Side-effects Associated With Conventional Treatment Strategies. In So Doing, Focal Therapy Meets The Desire Of Many Patients, Especially Those With Low-risk Disease, To Avoid Or Postpone Radical Therapies In Order To Preserve Quality Of Life. A Wide Range Of Aspects Are Covered, Including The Role Of Imaging-guided Targeted Biopsies, The Pros And Cons Of Surveillance In Comparison With Focal Therapy, Focal Hemiablation And Focal Salvage Therapy, Multifocal Therapies, Focal Cryotherapy. The Potential Role Of Various New Diagnostic Technologies As Well As Specific Therapeutic Devices As Focal. One Robotic High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Are Explained. The Authors Are All International Experts Who Are Long-term Proponents Of Non-invasive Treatment Of Prostate Cancer. Focal Therapy Of Prostate Cancer Will Be An Invaluable Source Of Information For Urologists, Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, And General Practitioners, And Also For Patients Wishing To Learn More About This New Treatment Option. Stefan Thüroff, Christian G. Chaussy, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What Will Happen If I Do Nothing? Natural Development of Prostate Cancer Under Consideration of Histopathological Patterns....Pages 3-17 Is Focal Prostate Therapy Just Psychotherapy? Surveillance Versus Focal Therapy: Pros and Cons....Pages 19-25 Definitive Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer Therapy: What’s It and Why Should(nt) We Offer It?....Pages 27-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 How Do We Select Patients Eligible for Focal Therapy? Imaging and Targeted Biopsies: A Basic Prerequisite for Focal Therapy....Pages 39-49 “How to Make TRUS Better”: HistoScanning-Guided Biopsies for Identification of Cancer Within the Prostate....Pages 51-57 Noninvasive Radio Frequency for Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer....Pages 59-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Focal or Multifocal Therapy in Prostate Cancer: New Technologies and Strategies....Pages 75-85 How to Create Evidence for Focal PCa Therapy Research? HIFU Focal Hemiablation as Non-invasive Therapeutic Option....Pages 87-94 Salvage Focal HIFU....Pages 95-98 Focal Cryotherapy and COLD Database....Pages 99-104 Transrectal Prostate Cancer Ablation by Robotic High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) at 3 MHz: 18 Years Clinical Experiences....Pages 105-133 Future Uro-technologies: Hope or Hell for Prostate Cancer Patients?....Pages 135-142 Back Matter....Pages 143-145 "This book provides a 2015 state of the art update on the hot topic of focal prostate cancer therapy, which offers a means of preserving the prostate and avoiding major side-effects associated with conventional treatment strategies In so doing, focal therapy meets the desire of many patients, especially those with low-risk disease, to avoid or postpone radical therapies in order to preserve quality of life A wide range of aspects are covered, including the role of imaging-guided targeted biopsies, the pros and cons of surveillance in comparison with focal therapy, focal hemiablation and focal salvage therapy, multifocal therapies, focal cryotherapy The potential role of various new diagnostic technologies as well as specific therapeutic devices as "FocalOne" robotic high-intensity focused ultrasound are explained The authors are all international experts who are long-term proponents of non-invasive treatment of prostate cancer "Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer" will be an invaluable source of information for urologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, and general practitioners, and also for patients wishing to learn more about this new treatment option - Font no determinada