New advances in focal therapy for early stage prostate cancer.
Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)
Prostate focal therapy offers men the opportunity to achieve oncological control while preserving sexual and urinary function. The prerequisites for successful focal therapy are to accurately identify, localize and completely ablate the clinically significant cancer(s) within the prostate. We aim to evaluate the evidence for current and upcoming technologies that could shape the future of prostate cancer focal therapy in the next five years. Areas covered: Current literature on advances in patient selection using imaging, biopsy and biomarkers, ablation techniques and adjuvant treatments for focal therapy are summarized. A literature search of major databases was performed using the search terms 'focal therapy', 'focal ablation', 'partial ablation', 'targeted ablation', 'image guided therapy' and 'prostate cancer'. Expert commentary: Advanced radiological tools such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI), multiparametric ultrasound (mpUS), prostate-specific-membrane-antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) represent a revolution in the ability to understand cancer function and biology. Advances in ablative technologies now provide a menu of modalities that can be rationalized based on lesion location, size and perhaps in the near future, pre-determined resistance to therapy. However, these need to be carefully studied to establish their safety and efficacy parameters. Adjuvant strategies to enhance focal ablation are under development.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Tay, KJ; Schulman, AA; Sze, C; Tsivian, E; Polascik, TJ
Published Date
- August 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 17 / 8
Start / End Page
- 737 - 743
PubMed ID
- 28635336
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1744-8328
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1080/14737140.2017.1345630
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England