Journal Reviews

Cryotherapy in prostate cancer

1 March 2015 | | Urologic Oncology | Cryotherapy, cryosurgery, cryoablation, subtotal cryotherapy, targeted focal therapy, prostate cancer, prostate

This review of the literature aims to summarise what is known in regards to outcomes in patients undergoing cryotherapy in a number of settings: whole gland, salvage and targeted focal therapy. It highlights that more prostate cancers are being diagnosed...

Cryotherapy for small renal masses: better than surveillance?

1 March 2014 | | Basic Science Research, Urologic Oncology | percutaneous cryoablation, percutaneous image-guided ablation, renal tumours

With the rapid rise in incidental small renal mass detection, some of which have malignant potential, comes the need to either survey or treat these masses safely and with minimal morbidity. This large series of 147 patients with 171 masses,...