Real-time magnetic resonance imaging-guided focal laser therapy in patients with low-risk prostate cancer.

Abstract

Two patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) were treated with outpatient in-bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focal laser ablation. The tumor was identified on MRI. A laser fiber was delivered via a catheter inserted through a perineal template and guided to the target with MRI. The tissue temperature was monitored during laser ablation by MRI thermometry. Accumulated thermal damage was calculated in real time. Immediate post-treatment contrast-enhanced MRI confirmed devascularization of the target. No adverse events were noted. MRI-guided focal laser therapy of low-risk PCa is feasible and may offer a good balance between cancer control and side effects.