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Posted 6/4/2010 5:38 PM (GMT -5)
Below is a video link for Targeted Focal Treatment (TFT) by laser. If the newsman looks familiar it's because I posted his earlier (12/2007) PCa video before. We both share the same TFT done by cryosurgery and the same doctor who is the one conducting the laser trials. The laser treatments seems to target more tumors in the prostate than what I experienced with ice balls.
Posted 6/5/2010 9:34 AM (GMT -5)
Interesting video. Is it possible that this might be a better alternative to cryo for failed radiation as primary treatment? I wonder.

Thanks for posting the video.

Don
Posted 6/6/2010 8:10 AM (GMT -5)

don826 said...
Interesting video. Is it possible that this might be a better alternative to cryo for failed radiation as primary treatment? I wonder.

Thanks for posting the video.

Don

I doubt it, for like all targeted treatments you need a 3 D biopsy to best locate the tumors. How you would do so with whats left over after radical radiation I'd guess would be impossible. I'll try to remember to ask Dr Barqawi the next time I see him, his thoughts on that.
Posted 6/6/2010 8:33 AM (GMT -5)
Ziggy,
Your reply made me think of something else that I have been pondering. What does a radiated prostate look like after a few years of healing? I have tried to find a picture of a prostate that has been radiated just to see what it looks like. My radiation oncologist says it is just a fibrous mass of scar tissue for the most part. If anyone has a link to a picture please post.

Best to all.
Don
Posted 6/6/2010 8:40 AM (GMT -5)
My first urologist described it like a melted burnt cheese sandwich.
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