subject: High- Intensity Focused Ultrasound as a Salvage Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Prostate Cancer [print this page] High- Intensity Focused Ultrasound as a Salvage Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Men who have tried External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) or Interstitial Brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer possess a 20-30% greater probability of having prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure. Salvage therapy is indicated when men are treated with radiotherapy, brachytherapy, or a combination of these for presumed localized prostate cancer and have a recurrence. The success rates after salvage procedures are considerably less than those that have been reported after more fundamental treatments. The results of the use of HIFU as a salvage therapy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer have been good, with negative biopsy rates as elevated as 80% and 61% achieving a PSA nadir of
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