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PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY

“Radioactive Seed Migration to the Chest After Transperineal Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy: Extraprostatic Seed Placement Correlates With Migration”
Jeffrey S. Eshleman, M.D., Brian J. Davis, M.D., PH.D., Thomas M. Pisansky, M.D., Torrence M. Wilson, M.D., Michael G. Haddock, M.D., Bernard F. King, M.D., Charles H. Darby, M.S., Wayne N. Lajoie, B.S., and Ann L. Oberg, PH.D.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 419­425, 2004

“European Collaborative Group on Prostate Brachytherapy: Preliminary Report in 1175 Patients”
S. Langleya, R. Laingb, A. Hendersona, S. Aaltomaac, V. Katajad, J.-E. Palmgrend, F. Bladoue, N. Salemf, G. Sermente, L. Navag, A. Losah, G. Guazzonih, F. Guedeai, F. Aguiloj, J.F. Suarezj
European Urology 46 (2004) 565­570

“12-Year Outcomes Following Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy in Patients with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer”
Louis Potters, Carol Morgenstern, Emil Calugaru, Paul Fearn, Anup Jassal, Joseph Presser and Edward Mullen
The Journal of Urology 173 (2005) 1562-1566

“Impact of Short Course Hormonal Therapy on Overall and Cancer Specific Survival After Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy”
David C. Beyer, M.D., Timothy McKeough, and Theresa Thomas, M.S.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 61 No. 5 pp. 1299-1305, 2005

“Transperineal TRUS-guided prostate brachytherapy using loose seeds versus RAPIDStrand: A dosimetric analysis”
Humberto M. Fagundes, Richard J. Keys, Mary F. Wojcik, Marsha A. Radden, Carol G. Bertelsman, William A. Cavanagh
Brachytherapy 3 (2004) 136-140

“The Use of Linked Seeds Eliminates Lung Embolization following Permanent Seed Implantation for Prostate Cancer”
Basher Al-Qaisieh, M.S.C., Brendan Carey, F.R.C.R., Dan Ash, F.R.C.R., and David Bottomley, F.R.C.R.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 397-399, 2004

“10-Year Biochemical (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Control of Prostate Cancer with 125I Brachytherapy”
Peter D. Grimm, D.O., John C. Blasko, M.D., John E. Sylvester, M.D.,Robert M. Meier, M.D., and William Cavanagh, B.S.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 51, No. 1, 2001

“Radioactive Sources Embedded in Suture are Associated with Improved Postimplant Dosimetry in Men Treated with Prostate Brachytherapy”
William Robert Lee, Allan F. deGuzman, Shannon K. Tomlinson, David L. McCullough.
Radiotherapy and Oncology, Journal of the European society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 65 (2002) 123-127

“Intraoperative Planning and Evaluation of Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: Report of the American Brachytherapy Society”
Subir Nag, M.D., Jay P Ciezki, M.D., Robert Cormack, Ph.D., Stephen Doggett, M.D., Keith DeWyngaert, Ph.D., Gregory K Edmundson, M.S., Richard G Stock, M.D., Nelson N Stone, M.D., Yan Yu, Ph.D., Michael J Zelefsky, M.D.
American Brachytherapy Society Report, December 1st 2001, Volume 51, Number 5

“The Radical Distance of Extraprostatic Extension of Prostate Carcinoma”
Brian J. Davis. M.D., PHD, Thomas M. Pisansky,M.D., Torrence M. Wilson, MD, Harold J. Rothenberg, M.D., Anna Pacelli, M.D., David W. Hillman, MS, Daniel J. Sargent, PHD, and David G. Bostwick, M.D.
Cancer, Vol. 85, No. 12, 1999

“Reduction of Radioactive Seed Embolization To The Lung Following Prostate Brachytherapy”
Elizabeth M. Tappen, M.D., John C. Blasko, M.D., Peter D. Grimm, D.O., Haakon Ragde, M.D., Ray Luse, M.S., Stephanie Clifford, John Sylvester, M.D., and Thomas W. Griffin, M.D.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 1063-1067, 1998

"High and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Treated with Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography-Guided Brachytherapy: 8 Year Follow-up"
Panos G. Koutrouvelisa, Jay Gillenwater, Niko Lailas, Fred Hendricks, Stuart Katz, James Sehn, Guillermo Gil-Montero, Nabil Khawand.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 67 (2003) 303–308

"Prostate Cancer with Large Glands Treated with 3-Dimensional Computerized Tomography Guided Pararectal Brachytherapy: Up to 8 years of Followup"
Panos G. Koutrouvelisa, Niko Lailas, Stuart Katz, James Sehn, Guillermo Gil-Montero and Nabil Khawand.
The Journal of Urology, Vol. 169, 1331–1336, April 2003

"Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography-Guided Monotherapeutic Pararectal Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer with Seminal Vesicle Invasion"
Panos Koutrouvelis, Niko Lailas, Fred Hendricks, Guillermo Gil-Montero, James Sehn, Stuart Katz.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 60 (2001) 31 - 35

PROSTATE CRYOTHERAPY

“Third-generation cryotherapy for prostate cancer in the UK: a prospective study of the early outcomes in primary and recurrent disease”
Joanne Cresswell, Susan Asterling, Moazzam Chaudhary,
Naeem Sheikh and Damian Greene
Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK
JOURNAL COMPILATION ©2006 BJU INTERNATIONAL, 97, 969–974

"Selection of Salvage Cryotherapy Patients"
Aaron E. Katz, MD, Mohamed A. Ghafar, MD
Rev Urol. 2002;4(suppl 2):S18-S23.

"Cryotherapy for localized PCa: Indications and technique"
John S. Lam, MD and Arie S. Belldegrun, MD
Urology Times, February 2005. Copyright © 2005 by Advanstar Communications Inc.

"Cryotherapy for PCa: The next generation Innovative biofeedback applications in urology"
John S. Lam, M.D., Oleg Shvarts, M.D., and Arie S. Belldegrun, M.D.
Contemporary Urology, October 2004, Vol. 16, No. 10, 2-12

“Treatment of Organ Confined Prostate Cancer with Third Generation Cryosurgery: Preliminary Multicenter Experience”
Ken-Ryu Han, Jeff K. Cohen, Ralph J. Miller, Allan J. Pantuck, Danielo G. Freitas, Carlos A. Cuevas, Hyung L. Kim, James Lugg, Stacy J. Childs, Barry Shuman, Maury A. Jayson, Neal D. Shore, Yan Moore, Amnon Zisman, Joe Y. Lee, Roland Ugarte, Lance A. Mynderse, Torrence M. Wilson, Susan D. Sweat, Horst Zincke And Arie S. Belldegrun.
| The Journal Of Urology® Vol. 170, 1126–1130, October 2003.Copyright © 2003 By American Urological Association

“Targeted Cryoablation Of The Prostate: 7-Year Outcomes In The Primary Treatment Of Prostate Cancer”
Duke K. Bahn, Fred Lee, Robert Badalament, Anil Kumar, Jeffrey Greski, And Michael Chernick.
UROLOGY 60 (Suppl 2A): 3–11, 2002. © 2002, Elsevier Science Inc.

“Five-Year Retrospective, Multi-Institutional Pooled Analysis Of Cancer-Related Outcomes After Cryosurgical Ablation Of The Prostate”
John P. Long, Duke Bahn, Fred Lee, Katsuto Shinohara, Douglas O. Chinn, And Joseph N. Macaluso, Jr.
UROLOGY 57: 518–523, 2001. © 2001, Elsevier Science Inc.

“Results Of Salvage Cryoablation Of The Prostate After Radiation: Identifying Predictors Of Treatment Failure And Complications”
Joseph L. Chin,* Stephen E. Pautler, Vladamir Mouraviev,† Naju Touma, Kimberly Moore and Donal B. Downey.
The Journal Of Urology® Vol. 165, 1937–1942, June 2001 Copyright © 2001 by American Urological Association, Inc.

“Salvage Cryotherapy For Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radiation Therapy: The Columbia Experience”
Alexandre De La Taille, Omar Hayek, Mitchell C. Benson, Emilia Bagiella, Carl A. Olsson, Marie Fatal, And Aaron E. Katz.
UROLOGY 55: 79–84, 2000. © 2000, Elsevier Science Inc.

“Prostate Cryoablation Using Direct Transperineal Placement Of Ultrathin Probes Through A 17-Gauge Brachytherapy Template—Technique And Preliminary Results”
Amnon Zisman, Allan J. Pantuck, Jeffery K. Cohen, And Arie S. Belldegrun.
UROLOGY 58: 988–993, 2001. © 2001, Elsevier Science Inc.

KIDNEY CRYOTHERAPY

“Enhanced Renal Parenchymal Cryoablation with Novel 17-gauge Cryoprobes”
Caroline D. Ames, Richard Vanlangendonck, Ramakrishna Venkatesh, Froylan C. Gonzales, Sejal Quayle, Yan Yan, Peter A. Humphrey, and Jaime Landman
UROLOGY 64(1), 2004

“Defining the Complications of Cryoablation and Radio Frequency Ablation of Small Renal Tumors: A Multi-Institutional Review”
D. Brooke Johnson, Stephen B. Solomon, Li-Ming Su, Edward D. Matsumoto, Louis R. Kavoussi, Stephen Y. Nakada, Timothy D. Moon, W. Bruce Shingleton, and Jeffrey A. Cadeddu.
Vol. 172, 874–877, September 2004

“Cryosurgical Ablation Of Renal Tumors Using 1.5-Millimeter, Ultrathin Cryoprobes”
Allan J. Pantuck, Amnon Zisman, Jeffrey Cohen, and Arie Belldegrun.
UROLOGY 59: 130–133, 2002. © 2002, Elsevier Science Inc.

“Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Ablative Techniques in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma”
Kent Perry MD, Amnon Zisman MD, Allan J. Pantuck MD, Nicolette Janzen MD,
Peter Schulam MD, PhD, Arie Belldegrun M.D.
[Rev Urol. 2002;4(3):103–111] © 2002 MedReviews, LLC

“Percutaneous Cryoablation Of Porcine Kidneys With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Monitoring”
W. Bruce Shingleton, Paul Farabaugh, Michael Hughson
And Patrick E. Sewell, Jr.
The Journal Of Urology® Vol. 166, 289–291, July 2001 Copyright © 2001 by American Urological Association, Inc.®

“Percutaneous Renal Cryoablation of Renal Tumors in Patients with Von Hippel-Lindau Disease”
W. Bruce Shingleton And Patrick E. Sewell, Jr.
The Journal Of Urology® Vol. 167, 1268–1270, March 2002 Copyright © 2001 by American Urological Association, Inc.®

 

 

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