[Rescue cryotherapy for prostate cancer after radiotherapy].
Radical Radiotherapy constitutes a useful therapeutic option for localized prostate cancer. Almost one third of prostate cancer patients choose this alternative  to treat the disease. Despite modifications in the technique as intensity modulation, 3D conformational radiotherapy or computer-assisted brachytherapy, a  significant percentage of these patients will show an increase in PSA values after radiation. Local relapse without distant disease and PSA less than 10 ng/ml are  candidates for salvage therapy. Cryotherapy has already become a curative treatment option in this group of patients. Recent technological as well as surgical  advances in salvage-cryotherapy have reduced dramatically complications and progressively increase the interest on this alternative.
Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. ENLLGA@terra.es
Erique Lledó
EL
García
Felipe Herranz
FH
Amo
Carmen González
CG
San Segundo
Eva Paños
EP
Fagundo
Roberto Molina
RM
Escudero
Adrian Husillos
AH
Alonso
Gabriel Ogaya
GO
Piniés
Jose Jara
JJ
Rascón
Carlos Hernández
CH
Fernández
D017679:Cryotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*