Laser Focal Therapy For Prostate Cancer

Focal therapy refers to the removal of cancer tissue within the prostate sparing the normal tissue and thus reducing the morbidity associated with whole organ treatment.

Laser focal therapy for prostate cancer.

Rather than removing the entire prostate focal therapy is a less invasive way to destroy just the cancer while leaving healthy tissue in place. Lomas m d pharm d a urologist. Patients are followed closely after focal therapy. Journal of clinical oncology may 1 2014 vol.

It then describes the advantages and disadvantages of different treatment approaches and provides examples of images from focal laser ablation cases. Our prostate cancer experts describe focal therapy as being similar in concept to a lumpectomy for breast cancer. Phase i clinical trial. Focal therapy is a general term for a variety of noninvasive techniques for destroying small tumors inside the prostate while leaving the remaining gland intact and sparing most of its normal tissue.

Seven year interim results of nct 02243033 aua abstract mp30 02. Men who have prostate cancer confined to one small area of the prostate may wish to consider focal laser therapy also known as partial gland therapy or prostate lumpectomy. This method is a direct outgrowth of targeted prostate biopsy made possible by mri visualization of localized prostate cancer. Participant eligibility includes age gender type and stage of disease and previous treatments or health concerns.

Recent findings high intensity focal ultrasound focal laser ablation irreversible electroporation focal cryotherapy and photodynamic therapy have been used as treatment modalities for localized prostate cancer treatment. The goal of focal therapy is to treat only the area with the most aggressive tumor while leaving the rest of the prostate and its surrounding structures alone says derek j. Will focal therapy remain only an attractive illusion for the primary treatment of prostate cancer. Here we review novel focal prostate cancer treatments and their associated recent clinical data with a particular focus on data reported within the last 24 months.

Feller j greenwood b jones w toth r. Focal laser ablation of prostate cancer. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of mri guided focal laser ablation laser induced interstitial thermal therapy litt to treat low risk native prostate cancer. The idea of focal therapy is relatively new to prostate cancer but has become an accepted approach for treatments for other cancers.

Natarajan s raman s priester am et al. The goal of focal laser therapy is to ablate only the small area of the prostate that is cancerous rather than removing or ablating the entire gland. Focal laser ablation for localized prostate cancer. Transrectally delivered outpatient mri guided laser focal therapy of prostate cancer.