title: MRI-guided interventions for the treatment of prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to evaluate MRI-guided therapies and to investigate their feasibility for focal therapy in prostate cancer patients. Relevant articles were retrieved using the PubMed online search engine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Currently, MRI-guided laser ablation and MRI-guided focused ultrasound are the most promising options for focal treatment of the prostate in patients with prostate cancer. Other techniques-that is, cryosurgery, microwave ablation, and radiofrequency ablation-are, for several and different reasons, less suitable for MRI-guided focal therapy of the prostate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, Gld, The Netherlands. j.bomers@rad.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Joyce G R
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bomers
authors.forename: J P Michiel
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sedelaar
authors.forename: Jelle O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barentsz
authors.forename: Jurgen J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fütterer
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003452:Cryosurgery; D057086:High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*