title: Salvage prostate cryoablation after primary interstitial brachytherapy failure: a feasible approach.
abstract: Salvage treatment for recurrent prostate cancer remains a very difficult and challenging field in urologic oncology. The introduction of minimally invasive surgical procedures such a targeted cryoablation brings some hope with its feasibility and efficacy to become a potentially curable treatment. We present the case of a 75-year-old male with prostate cancer treated primarily by brachytherapy, who developed late locally recurrent disease that was successfully treated with targeted salvage cryoablation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Surgery and Duke Prostate Center (DPC), Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27704, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mouraviev
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Polascik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001918:Brachytherapy; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome