Medium-term oncological outcomes in a large cohort of men treated with either focal or hemi-ablation using high-intensity focused ultrasonography for primary localized prostate cancer.
Armando StabileClément OrczykFeargus Hosking-JervisFrancesco GigantiManit AryaRichard G HindleyLouise DickinsonClare AllenShonit PunwaniCharles JamesonAlex FreemanNeil McCartanFrancesco MontorsiAlberto BrigantiHashim U AhmedMark EmbertonCaroline M MoorePublished in: BJU international (2019)
Focal HIFU for PCa is a feasible therapeutic strategy, with acceptable survival and oncological results and a reduction in the 5-year retreatment rates over the last decade. Re-do focal treatment is a feasible technique whose functional and oncological outcomes have still to be evaluated.