Management of Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Focal Therapy

Kelly L. Stratton, MD, Assistant Professor of Urologic Oncology in the University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Urology in Oklahoma City, rationalizes the implementation of Focal Therapy despite chances of recurrence and discusses salvage therapy. He characterizes Focal Therapy as an option between radical treatment and active surveillance, which preserves quality of life. Dr. Stratton overviews the two main types of recurrence: in-field recurrence and contralateral recurrence, through patient examples and data that display how recurrence may occur post Focal Therapy and the abilities of HIFU, prostatectomy, and cryoablation as salvage therapies. He concludes by stating that Focal Therapy success requires adherence to the principles of active surveillance, follow-up biopsies, and a willingness to provide definitive local therapy when focal treatment fails.

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