Contemporary treatments in prostate cancer focal therapy

M Ahdoot, AH Lebastchi, B Turkbey… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Prostate cancer focal therapy is an attractive option for well-selected patients because of its
low complication profile; however, long-term oncologic outcome is still lacking and early …

[HTML][HTML] Focal laser ablation for localized prostate cancer: principles, clinical trials, and our initial experience

T Lee, N Mendhiratta, D Sperling, H Lepor - Reviews in urology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Focal therapy of prostate cancer is an evolving treatment strategy that destroys a predefined
region of the prostate gland that harbors clinically significant disease. Although long-term …

Image guided focal therapy for magnetic resonance imaging visible prostate cancer: defining a 3-dimensional treatment margin based on magnetic resonance …

J Le Nobin, AB Rosenkrantz, A Villers… - The Journal of …, 2015 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We compared prostate tumor boundaries on magnetic resonance imaging and
radical prostatectomy histological assessment using detailed software assisted co …

Near-infrared-triggered anticancer drug release from upconverting nanoparticles

LL Fedoryshin, AJ Tavares, E Petryayeva… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Targeted drug delivery using functional nanoparticles has provided new strategies for
improving therapeutic efficacy while concurrently minimizing toxicity. Photodynamic therapy …

Multiparametric dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of prostate cancer

RR Wildeboer, AW Postema, L Demi, MPJ Kuenen… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study is to improve the accuracy of dynamic contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (DCE-US) for prostate cancer (PCa) localization by means of a multiparametric …

Focal prostate cancer therapy in the era of multiparametric MRI: a review of options and outcomes

JR Heard, A Naser-Tavakolian, M Nazmifar… - Prostate Cancer and …, 2023 - nature.com
Background The goal of prostate cancer focal therapy is to achieve oncologic control while
reducing the rate of adverse events associated with whole-gland treatments. Numerous …

Development of a computational simulation tool to design a protocol for treating prostate tumours using transurethral laser photothermal therapy

N Manuchehrabadi, L Zhu - International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The objective of this study was to design laser treatment protocols to induce
sufficient thermal damage to a tumour embedded in a prostate model, while protecting the …

Predicting radiotherapy impact on late bladder toxicity in prostate cancer patients: An observational study

F Catucci, AR Alitto, C Masciocchi, N Dinapoli, R Gatta… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common cancer in men over 70 years old,
with heterogeneous characteristics and, nowadays, multiple treatment strategies obtaining …

Magnetic resonance image‐guided focal laser ablation in clinically localized prostate cancer: safety and efficacy

Y Al‐Hakeem, O Raz, Z Gacs, F Maclean… - ANZ Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background To evaluate the safety and efficacy of focal laser ablation (FLA) in low‐
intermediate risk prostate cancer. Methods Inclusion criteria were men aged 50–75 years …

[HTML][HTML] MRI-guided focal laser ablation of prostate cancer: a prospective single-arm, single-center trial with 3 years of follow-up

S Mehralivand, AK George, AN Hoang… - Diagnostic and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE We aimed to assess post-interventional and 36-month follow-up results of a
single-center, single-arm, in-bore phase I trial of focal laser ablation (FLA) guided by …