Publications by authors named "Philippe Colls"

Cryotherapy is an ablative therapy that can be used to treat localized prostate cancer. In case of recurrence, treatment options are not well-defined, and their outcomes are unknown. We therefore collected all patients treated with radiotherapy after cryotherapy for prostate cancer recurrence in Nantes (France) between 2012 and 2019.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study examined the occurrence and characteristics of prostate cancer (PCa) found incidentally in patients who underwent radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP) for bladder cancer, analyzing data from 4,299 male patients from 1996 to 2012.
  • Among the patients, 21.7% were found to have PCa, with the majority being at an early stage (90.1% organ-confined).
  • During follow-up, only 1.9% experienced a recurrence of PCa, and no patients died from it, highlighting a low risk associated with incidental PCa diagnosis in this context.
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