Systematic review of the efficacy and safety of high-intensity focussed ultrasound for the primary and salvage treatment of prostate cancer

European Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-815

  Warmuth, Marisa ^a   Johansson, Tim ^b   Mad, Philipp ^a,c  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Institute of General Practice   (Austria)

^c Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ablatherm; HIFU; High intensity focussed; Minimally invasive; Prostate cancer; Sonablate; Transrectal; Ultrasonic therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; DEVICE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERNET; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049473780     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.09.009     Document Type: Review

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