Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Education and training, Cancer, Education, MR, Urinary Tract / Bladder, Genital / Reproductive system male
Authors:
G. Di Costanzo1, L. Palumbo1, A. Ponsiglione2, G. Gervasio3, A. Ragozzino1; 1Napoli/IT, 2Naples/IT, 3Casandrino, NA/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1783
Background
The primary treatments for PCa are: radical prostatectomy (RP),
radiation therapy (RT) via either external beam RT (EBRT) or brachytherapy,
cryotherapy,
high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and laser interstitial thermal therapy.
Radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy are treatments with curative intent.
The focal ablative techniques,
such as cryotherapy,
HIFU and laser interstitial thermal therapy,
are minimally invasive procedures not completely established yet.
The first sign of recurrent PCa is a rising PSA,
but biochemical failure is not synonymous with local recurrence; so,
it is crucial to identify local recurrence because salvage treatments are associated with high morbidity.
All these treatments modify,
in a greater or less way,
the anatomy of the prostatic region.
Indeed,
it is essential to know normal post-treatment appearances and distinguish them from pathological findings of recurrent and residual disease.