| Autor: |
Hawatmeh AS; South County Urological, Inc., St. Louis, USA., Walters FP, Wooster CA |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Missouri medicine [Mo Med] 1995 Nov; Vol. 92 (11), pp. 705-9. |
| Abstrakt: |
In 1993 we started offering transrectal ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryosurgical ablation of the prostate (PCAP) as a treatment alternative for localized prostate cancer. Through 1994, 85 patients underwent PCAP and 53 had 3-6 month postoperative biopsies. A learning curve effect was observed: 46% of early patients had positive postoperative biopsies, versus only 9% of later ones. With repeat PCAP on the early patients, currently 87% of the biopsied patients are disease free. While longer follow-up is necessary, it appears that PCAP merits further investigation as a treatment alternative for localized prostate cancer. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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