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Focal Therapy with Cryosurgery and real-time image fusion

With the increased use of the PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen), many men are diagnosed in early stages of the disease and feel that they are not prepared for aggressive treatments such as radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy, or they are willing to wait and monitor the possible progress of the disease without treatment. Focal cryotherapy is the treatment of choice for an increased   number of men with localized disease. Focusing only on the affected area, allows preserving other regions of the prostate, in particular, the nerves and anatomical structures associated with erection and urinary continence.

FOCALYX® Tx Crio is the treatment for prostate cancer that combines cryotherapy with real-time image fusion (FOCALYX® Bx). In this way, we guarantee a highly effective treatment by guiding cryotherapy with a 360º map of the prostate, which has been obtained thanks to the most advanced imaging techniques.

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What is cryotherapy?

Cryotherapy is a minimally invasive treatment that uses very low temperatures to kill cancer cells. Through a complex procedure, small spheres of ice are formed very precisely. These are used to freeze a certain area of the prostate and destroy all the tumor tissue.

Cryotherapy is used throughout the world and has a clinical experience of more than 10 years that confirms its safety and effectiveness.

Advantages of cryotherapy versus other treatments for prostate cancer:

  • It is a minimally invasive treatment
  • The treatment is ambulatory, which reduces the risk of infection
  • The short recovery time allows a quick return to daily life
  • Minimal or no pain
  • It can improve urinary function in patients who experienced problems before cryotherapy
  • There is no need for irradiation or submitting the patient to radioactive substances that can cause side effects
  • It can be used when other treatments, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy have not been successful in healing prostate cancer.
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Rescue cryosurgery after radiotherapy

Approximately 63% of patients with prostate cancer who underwent radiation as a first treatment suffered recurrence, that is, the cancer was reproduced (source CaPSURE, https://urology.ucsf.edu/research/cancer/capsure)

This recurrence is often considered a failure of the radiation.

Many patients who fail radiation undergo hormone therapy. It is important to remember that hormone therapy does not cure prostate cancer, it only delays the process. In addition, this therapy has unpleasant side effects.

Unlike hormonal therapy, cryotherapy is a curative treatment for recurrent prostate cancer. Cryotherapy carried out in patients with recurrence in prostate cancer, who have failed radiation, is known as rescue cryotherapy.

Other treatment options include rescue prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate) or additional radiation. Consider and evaluate the different options with your family and your doctor to decide which treatment is best for  you and your lifestyle. At Lyx Urology we will advise you on any questions that may arise.

Other Focal Treatment options
for Prostate Cancer:

FOCALYX® Electroporation (IRE)

Electroporation (IRE)

FOCALYX® HIFU

HIFU

Do you have any questions about cryotherapy?

Cryotherapy is a minimally invasive technique for treating prostate cancer. More than 10 years of clinical experience confirm its safety and effectiveness.

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