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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;58(1):173-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.03.006. Epub 2010 Mar 12.

Real-time magnetic resonance imaging-guided focal laser therapy in patients with low-risk prostate cancer

Orit Raz  1 , Masoom A Haider, Sean R H Davidson, Uri Lindner, Eugen Hlasny, Robert Weersink, Mark R Gertner, Walter Kucharczyk, Stuart A McCluskey, John Trachtenberg
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Real-time magnetic resonance imaging-guided focal laser therapy in patients with low-risk prostate cancer

Orit Raz et al. Eur Urol. 2010 Jul.

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  • Eur Urol. 2010 Sep;58(3):473. Kucharcyzk, Walter [corrected to Kucharczyk, Walter]

Abstract

Two patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) were treated with outpatient in-bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focal laser ablation. The tumor was identified on MRI. A laser fiber was delivered via a catheter inserted through a perineal template and guided to the target with MRI. The tissue temperature was monitored during laser ablation by MRI thermometry. Accumulated thermal damage was calculated in real time. Immediate post-treatment contrast-enhanced MRI confirmed devascularization of the target. No adverse events were noted. MRI-guided focal laser therapy of low-risk PCa is feasible and may offer a good balance between cancer control and side effects.

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