Partial Prostatectomy for Anterior Cancer: Short-term Oncologic and Functional Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Focal ablative therapy may be a suboptimal option for anterior prostate cancers (APCs) reaching the prostate apex due to concerns for thermal injury to the external sphincter.

Objective

To explore the technical feasibility of anterior partial prostatectomy (APP) for isolated APCs detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to report short-term oncologic and functional outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

Following institutional review board approval, over an 8-yr period (2008-2015) 17 consenting patients were enrolled in a prospective single-arm single-center Innovation, Development, Exploration, Assessment, Long-term (IDEAL) phase 2a study. Inclusion criteria comprised preurethral, low- to intermediate-risk APC diagnosed by MRI, and targeted b

SUBMITTER: Villers A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9084627 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature