prostate cancer treatment - Cryotherapy
January 12, 2005 (Press Release) --
prostate cancer treatment - Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is sometimes called cryosurgery, and it is a procedure where the tumor is frozen, allowed to thaw, and then frozen again. In cryotherapy, a probe is inserted through a small incision in the perineum. TRUS imaging is used to guide the probe into the prostate where it will freeze the tumor and surrounding tissues.
Cryotherapy kills the cancer cells as well as some surrounding healthy cells. It may be used to treat early stages of prostate cancer in which the tumor has not spread outside the prostate. The long-term effectiveness of cryotherapy is unknown, and it is not available at all treatment centers.
Advantages: Cryotherapy has a short recovery time. It may have fewer complications than prostatectomy. Unlike radiation, the procedure may be repeated again if it failed the first time. Prostatectomy and radiation can still be performed if the cryotherapy failed.
Disadvantages: There is limited information on the long-term effectiveness of cryotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer and it is not available at all treatment centers. Cryotherapy may result in incontinence or impotence.
Cryotherapy is sometimes called cryosurgery, and it is a procedure where the tumor is frozen, allowed to thaw, and then frozen again. In cryotherapy, a probe is inserted through a small incision in the perineum. TRUS imaging is used to guide the probe into the prostate where it will freeze the tumor and surrounding tissues.
Cryotherapy kills the cancer cells as well as some surrounding healthy cells. It may be used to treat early stages of prostate cancer in which the tumor has not spread outside the prostate. The long-term effectiveness of cryotherapy is unknown, and it is not available at all treatment centers.
Advantages: Cryotherapy has a short recovery time. It may have fewer complications than prostatectomy. Unlike radiation, the procedure may be repeated again if it failed the first time. Prostatectomy and radiation can still be performed if the cryotherapy failed.
Disadvantages: There is limited information on the long-term effectiveness of cryotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer and it is not available at all treatment centers. Cryotherapy may result in incontinence or impotence.
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