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Interstitial Laser Therapy of Prostate Lesions

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Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Increasing numbers of patients are diagnosed each year with prostate cancer (PC) or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Although both PC and BPH seldom occur in patients under the age of 50 years, they show a high and increasing prevalence in men over 60 years of age (Conrad et al. 1995). Throughout Europe and the USA, patients with PC usually undergo radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, anti-androgenic therapy, or any combination of these modalities. In cases of infravesical (outlet) obstruction, transurethral electro-resection of the prostate (TUR-P) may precede radiation therapy or anti-androgenic treatment. However, despite early investigations in the field (Sander et al. 1982; Sander and Beisland 1984), neither laser therapy nor any other alternative surgical intervention plays an important role in PC therapy as yet.

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  1. Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Gross-hadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377, Munich, Germany

    G. U. Müller-Lisse MD & A. F. Heuck MD

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  1. Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie MR Zentrum, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistraße 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Jörg F. Debatin (Leitender Arzt) (Leitender Arzt)

  2. Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Klinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, D-52057, Aachen, Germany

    Gerhard Adam

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Müller-Lisse, G.U., Heuck, A.F. (1998). Interstitial Laser Therapy of Prostate Lesions. In: Debatin, J.F., Adam, G. (eds) Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60272-6_29

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