Am I A Candidate for Prostate Cryotherapy?

Prostate cryotherapy is used to treat all stages and all types of localized prostate cancer. As long as the cancer hasn’t spread outside of the prostate, you may be a candidate for cryotherapy. It is important to discuss cryotherapy with a urologist that has been appropriately trained and has experience with cryotherapy. Below is the recommended patient selection criteria summary from The American Urological Association’s Best Practice Statement on Prostate Cryotherapy:

Best Practice Statement on Cryosurgery for the Treatment of

Localized Prostate Cancer

Babaian RJ, Donnelly B, Bahn D, Baust JG, Dineen M, Ellis D, Katz A,Pister L, Rukstalis D, Shinohara K, and Thrasher JB

American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.

J Urol 2008, 180: 1993-2004

Primary cryosurgery – Cryoablation is an appropriate option (Evidence Level II-2/3)

• Patient selection
• Documented cancer clinically confined to prostate
• Best results in patients with PSA levels less than 10 ng/ml