Focal Cryosurgery

It is estimated that as many as a third of newly diagnosed men have only one spot of cancer in their prostate. These patients may be candidates for focal treatment. Focal therapy is defined as the destruction of a section of the prostate gland rather than treating the whole prostate. The known tumor site is treated, but the other lobe and surrounding structures are spared, improving the odds that sexual potency and urinary continence will be preserved…