Eric Adams

Journal article Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · June 2024 BackgroundProstate cancer (PCa) diagnosis relies on biopsies, with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsies being common. Fusion biopsy (FB) offers improved diagnostic accuracy, but the pain and anxiety experienced by patients during biopsies is oft ... Full text Cite

Intratumoural immunotherapy plus focal thermal ablation for localized prostate cancer.

Journal article Nat Rev Urol · May 2024 Major advances have been made in the use of immunotherapy for the treatment of solid tumours, including the use of intratumourally injected immunotherapy instead of systemically delivered immunotherapy. The success of immunotherapy in prostate cancer treat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of Recurrent Disease after Radiation Therapy for Patients Considering Local Salvage Therapy: Past vs. Contemporary Management.

Journal article Cancers (Basel) · December 18, 2023 Recurrent prostate cancer after primary treatment with radiation therapy is a common problem. Patients with localized recurrence may benefit from salvage therapy, but careful patient selection is crucial because not all patients will benefit from local sal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Primary Whole-gland Ablation for the Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: A Focal Therapy Society Best Practice Statement.

Journal article Eur Urol · December 2023 CONTEXT: Whole-gland ablation is a feasible and effective minimally invasive treatment for localized prostate cancer (PCa). Previous systematic reviews supported evidence for favorable functional outcomes, but oncological outcomes were inconclusive owing t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Salvage Cryoablation for Recurrent Prostate Cancer Following Primary External Beam Radiotherapy or Primary Cryotherapy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Mid-term Oncologic and Functional Outcomes.

Journal article Clin Genitourin Cancer · October 2023 INTRODUCTION: Local prostate cancer recurrence following radiotherapy (XRT) or cryoablation (CRYO) may be addressed with salvage cryotherapy (SCT), although little is known about how the primary treatment modality affects SCT results. Oncologic and functio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intermediate-term oncological and functional outcomes of salvage cryotherapy for the management of prostate cancer recurrence after primary brachytherapy versus primary cryotherapy: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Journal article Prostate · October 2023 BACKGROUND: Salvage cryotherapy (SCT) is widely used to treat prostate cancer (PCa) recurrence after radiotherapy (RT). We studied the intermediate oncological and functional outcomes of patients who underwent SCT following cryotherapy (CRYO-SCT) recurrenc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of urologic prosthetic reservoirs at the time of inguinal or pelvic surgery.

Journal article Sex Med Rev · September 27, 2023 INTRODUCTION: The artificial urinary sphincter and 3-piece inflatable penile prosthesis each require a fluid storage component and thus have components in the inguinal and pelvic regions. Because of this, patients with urologic prosthetics sometimes presen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reconciling discordance between PI-RADS 4 lesions and targeted biopsy: Early experience of a multidisciplinary quality improvement protocol with PI-RADS 4 subcategorization.

Journal article Eur J Radiol · August 2023 PURPOSE: PI-RADS 4 lesions are considered to have a "high" likelihood of clinically-significant prostate cancer (csPCa). However, patients undergoing targeted biopsy have a range of histologic findings. Understanding discordant cases is critical to improve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cryoablation for the management of Small Renal Masses

Journal article Mini Invasive Surgery · January 1, 2023 Renal cell carcinoma is identified most often in the sixth or seventh decade of life, coinciding with the rise in incidental diagnosis of small renal masses as imaging technology has advanced. However, not all patients in this older age group are surgical ... Full text Cite