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Baust JG, Gage AA, Klossner D, Clarke D, Miller R, Cohen J, Katz A, Polascik T, Clarke H, Baust JM. Issues Critical to the Successful Application of Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2016; 6:97-109. [PMID: 17375972 DOI: 10.1177/153303460700600206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The techniques of present-day cryosurgery performed with multiprobe freezing apparatus and advanced imaging techniques yield predictable and encouraging results in the treatment of prostatic and renal cancers. Nevertheless, and not unique to cryosurgical treatment, the rates of persistent disease demonstrate the need for improvement in technique and emphasize the need for proper management of the therapeutic margin. The causes of persistent disease often relate to a range of factors including selection of patients, understanding of the extent of the tumor, limitations of the imaging techniques, and failure to freeze the tumor periphery in an efficacious manner. Of these diverse factors, the one most readily managed, but subject to therapeutic error, is the technique of freezing the tumor and appropriate margin to a lethal temperature [Baust, J. G., Gage, A. A. The Molecular Basis of Cryosurgery. BJU Int 95, 1187–1191 (2005)]. This article describes the recent experiments that examine the molecular basis of cryosurgery, clarifies the actions of the components of the freeze-thaw cycle, and defines the resultant effect on the cryogenic lesion from a clinical perspective. Further, this review addresses the important issue of management of the margin of the tumor through adjunctive therapy. Accordingly, a goal of this review is to identify the technical and future adjunctive therapeutic practices that should improve the efficacy of cryoablative techniques for the treatment of malignant lesions.
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- J G Baust
- Institute of Biomedical Technology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA.
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Cryosurgery, a method of treating disease by the production of freezing temperatures in the tissue, is a useful technique for the treatment of tumors. When the modern era of cryosurgery began in the mid 1960's, the technique was used only for tumors easily accessible by direct observation or via endoscopy, such as those of the skin, oral cavity, and prostate gland. In general, the technique had limited usefulness in the next two decades. However, with the advent of intraoperative ultrasound as a method of monitoring the process of freezing and with the development of more effective cryosurgical apparatus, the cryosurgical treatment of tumors of the viscera and other deep tissues became practical in the 1990's. This review assesses the present day status of cryosurgery in the management of diverse tumors.
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- Andrew A Gage
- School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214, USA.
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Magalov Z, Shitzer A, Degani D. An efficient technique for estimating the two-dimensional temperature distributions around multiple cryo-surgical probes based on combining contributions of unit circles. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2016; 19:1462-74. [PMID: 26963943 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2016.1154546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This study presents an efficient, fast and accurate method for estimating the two-dimensional temperature distributions around multiple cryo-surgical probes. The identical probes are inserted into the same depth and are operated simultaneously and uniformly. The first step in this method involves numerical derivation of the temporal performance data of a single probe, embedded in a semi-infinite, tissue-like medium. The results of this derivation are approximated by algebraic expressions that form the basis for computing the temperature distributions of multiple embedded probes by combining the data of a single probe. Comparison of isothermal contours derived by this method to those computed numerically for a variety of geometrical cases, up to 15 inserted probes and 2-10 min times of operation, yielded excellent results. Since this technique obviates the solution of the differential equations of multiple probes, the computational time required for a particular case is several orders of magnitude shorter than that needed for obtaining the full numerical solution. Blood perfusion and metabolic heat generation rates are demonstrated to inhibit the advancement of isothermal fronts. Application of this method will significantly shorten computational times without compromising the accuracy of the results. It may also facilitate expeditious consideration of the advantages of different modes of operation and the number of inserted probes at the early design stage.
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- Zaur Magalov
- a Department of Mechanical Engineering , Technion, Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel
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- a Department of Mechanical Engineering , Technion, Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel
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- a Department of Mechanical Engineering , Technion, Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel
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OBJECTIVES Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. Cryosurgery has emerged as a promising new technique for treatment. Although 80% of pancreatic cancers are located in the pancreatic head, no research has been conducted on the safety and efficacy of cryosurgery for these tumors. METHODS Two groups of Tibetan miniature pigs (n = 4 per group) underwent cryosurgery to the pancreatic head with either the deep freezing protocol (100% argon output) or shallow freezing protocol (10% argon output), and compared to sham-operated pigs. RESULTS Serum inflammatory factors and amylase increased during the 5 days after cryoablation in both groups but acute pancreatitis did not occur. Adhesions were observed between the pancreatic head and adjacent organs, and only minor trauma was caused to the stomach, duodenum, small intestine, and liver. Ice balls with a radius of 0.5 cm beyond the tumor edge were sufficient to cause complete necrosis of the pancreatic tissue, and decreased the degree of cold injury to surrounding tissues. CONCLUSIONS Shallow freezing protocol seemed to be safer than, and just as effective as, the deep freezing protocol. This preliminary study suggests that cryosurgery could potentially be an effective treatment of cancer of the pancreatic head.
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Gage AA, Baust JM, Baust JG. Experimental cryosurgery investigations in vivo. Cryobiology 2009; 59:229-43. [PMID: 19833119 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Revised: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cryosurgery is the use of freezing temperatures to elicit an ablative response in a targeted tissue. This review provides a global overview of experimentation in vivo which has been the basis of advancement of this widely applied therapeutic option. The cellular and tissue-related events that underlie the mechanisms of destruction, including direct cell injury (cryolysis), vascular stasis, apoptosis and necrosis, are described and are related to the optimal methods of technique of freezing to achieve efficacious therapy. In vivo experiments with major organs, including wound healing, the putative immunological response following thawing, and the use of cryoadjunctive strategies to enhance cancer cell sensitivity to freezing, are described.
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- A A Gage
- Department of Surgery, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To describe the response of prostate cancer to thermal therapies with an emphasis on cryoablative techniques. RECENT FINDINGS Long-term follow-up studies demonstrate clearly the effectiveness of the use of modern cryoablative techniques in the management of prostate cancer. Recently published American Urology Association Best Practice Guidelines identify prostate cryoablation as both primary and salvage therapies. Recent findings demonstrate the effectiveness of -40 degrees C exposure as lethal to prostate cancer genotypes following a double freeze-thaw encounter. In addition, the use of adjunctive agents to sensitize the cancer to freezing is reported. SUMMARY Thermal therapeutic options, especially cryoablation, are of growing interest for the treatment of prostatic and renal cancers. The methods of application of cryoablative therapy and the mechanisms of cell death that are attendant to the freezing-thaw encounter are clearly understood. Research focused on the development of freeze sensitizing agents that work adjunctively is of central interest in furthering the efficacy of this therapy.
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Shin DS, Ko YH, Choi H, Kang SH, Bae JH, Park HS, Moon DG, Cheon J, Yoon DK. Antitumor Effect of in Situ Cryoablation with Systemic Immunotherapy on Murine Renal Cell Tumor. Korean J Urol 2008. [DOI: 10.4111/kju.2008.49.11.965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Dong Sik Shin
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Gage AA, Baust JG. Cryosurgery for tumors. J Am Coll Surg 2007; 205:342-56. [PMID: 17660083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Andrew A Gage
- Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Sabel MS, Nehs MA, Su G, Lowler KP, Ferrara JLM, Chang AE. Immunologic response to cryoablation of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2005; 90:97-104. [PMID: 15770533 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-3289-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE With improvements in breast imaging and image-guided interventions, there is interest in ablative techniques for breast cancer. Cryosurgery initiates inflammation and leaves tumor-specific antigens intact, which may induce an anti-tumor immune response. To help define the mechanisms involved in the cryoimmunologic response, we compared cryosurgery to surgery in a murine model of breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN BALB/c mice with MT-901 tumors underwent cryoablation or resection. Mice successfully treated were re-challenged with MT-901 or RENCA. Serum cytokine levels were analyzed by ELISA. Tumor draining lymph nodes (TDLN) and spleens were harvested, lymphocytes were activated and assessed for a specific anti-tumor response by both an interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) release assay and ELISPOT. NK cell activity was assessed by cytotoxicity against YAC-1, an NK-susceptible cell line. RESULTS After re-challenge, tumors developed in 86% of mice treated by surgical excision compared to 16% of mice treated by cryosurgery (p=0.025). Cryoablation of MT-901 had no effect on re-challenge with RENCA. Cryoablation led to significantly higher levels of interleukin (IL)-12 (383.6 pg/ml +/- 32.8 versus 251.6 +/- 16.5, p=0.025) and IFN-gamma (1564 pg/ml +/- 49 versus 1244 pg/ml +/- 101, p=0.009), but no changes in IL-4 or IL-10. Tumor-specific T-cell responses were evident after cryosurgery in lymphocytes from TDLN but not from spleen. Cryoablation also increased NK activity compared to surgery (24.5% +/- 17.3 versus 16.5% +/- 5.9, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Cryoablation results in the induction of both a tumor-specific T-cell response in the TDLN and increased systemic NK cell activity, which correlates with rejection of tumors upon re-challenge.
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- Michael S Sabel
- University of Michigan, 3304 Cancer Center, East Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0932, USA.
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Roubidoux MA, Sabel MS, Bailey JE, Kleer CG, Klein KA, Helvie MA. Small (<2.0-cm) Breast Cancers: Mammographic and US Findings at US-guided Cryoablation—Initial Experience. Radiology 2004; 233:857-67. [PMID: 15567802 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2333031734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the mammographic and ultrasonographic (US) findings at cryoablation of small solitary invasive breast cancers and compare them with presence of residual malignancy after treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional review board approval and informed patient consent were obtained. Nine patients with small solitary invasive breast cancers diagnosed at core biopsy were treated with US-guided cryoablation and a 2.7-mm cryoprobe. Mean cancer size was 12 mm (range, 8-18 mm); four were palpable. Tabletop argon gas-based cryoablation system with a double-freeze-thaw protocol was used to treat cancers in outpatient setting. Tumor sites were excised at lumpectomy 2-3 weeks after cryoablation. Findings at mammography and US before, during, and after cryoablation were assessed to categorize densities and masses on mammograms and masses on US images with Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS); maximum cancer size was measured. Imaging findings and clinical breast examination data were compared with histologic findings from lumpectomy specimens to determine presence of intraductal or invasive cancer. RESULTS With US guidance, ice balls (maximal mean size, 4.4 cm) were formed around cancers. Before excision, eight patients underwent mammography; all had new focal densities (maximum size, 2.5-5.0 cm) at cancer sites. Six patients underwent preexcisional US; 100% of them had new hyperechogenicity in tissue surrounding cancer site. Seven (78%) of nine patients had no residual cancer; specimens contained fat necrosis. One patient had a small focus of invasive cancer; one had extensive multifocal ductal carcinoma in situ. Patients with BI-RADS category 1 or 2 densities on mammograms or nonpalpable tumors had no residual malignancy. No residual invasive cancer occurred in tumors 17 mm or smaller or in cancers without spiculated margins at US. CONCLUSION After cryoablation, there was increased echogenicity at US and increased density at mammography; these findings were observed in areas that approximated location and size of the ice ball. Tumor size, mammographic density, and US characteristics may be indicators of likelihood of complete cryoablation.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/surgery
- Aged
- Biopsy, Needle
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
- Cryosurgery/instrumentation
- Cryosurgery/methods
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Mammography
- Mastectomy, Segmental
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm, Residual/pathology
- Prospective Studies
- Radiology, Interventional
- Treatment Outcome
- Ultrasonography, Mammary
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- Marilyn A Roubidoux
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Room 2910H, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0326, USA
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Sabel MS, Kaufman CS, Whitworth P, Chang H, Stocks LH, Simmons R, Schultz M. Cryoablation of early-stage breast cancer: work-in-progress report of a multi-institutional trial. Ann Surg Oncol 2004; 11:542-9. [PMID: 15123465 DOI: 10.1245/aso.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND With recent improvements in breast imaging, our ability to identify small breast tumors has markedly improved, prompting significant interest in the use of ablation without surgical excision to treat early-stage breast cancer. We conducted a multi-institutional pilot safety study of cryoablation in the treatment of primary breast carcinomas. METHODS Twenty-nine patients with ultrasound-visible primary invasive breast cancer </=2.0 cm were enrolled. Twenty-seven (93%) successfully underwent ultrasound-guided cryoablation with a tabletop argon gas-based cryoablation system with a double freeze/thaw cycle. Standard surgical resection was performed 1 to 4 weeks after cryoablation. Patients were monitored for complications, and pathology data were used to assess efficacy. RESULTS Cryoablation was successfully performed in an office-based setting with only local anesthesia. There were no complications to the procedure or postprocedural pain requiring narcotic pain medications. Cryoablation successfully destroyed 100% of cancers <1.0 cm. For tumors between 1.0 and 1.5 cm, this success rate was achieved only in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma without a significant ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) component. For unselected tumors >1.5 cm, cryoablation was not reliable with this technique. Patients with noncalcified DCIS were the cause of most cryoablation failures. CONCLUSIONS Cryoablation is a safe and well-tolerated office-based procedure for the ablation of early-stage breast cancer. At this time, cryoablation should be limited to patients with invasive ductal carcinoma </=1.5 cm and with <25% DCIS in the core biopsy. A multicenter phase II clinical trial is planned.
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- Michael S Sabel
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Choi B, Milner TE, Kim J, Goodman JN, Vargas G, Aguilar G, Nelson JS. Use of optical coherence tomography to monitor biological tissue freezing during cryosurgery. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2004; 9:282-286. [PMID: 15065892 DOI: 10.1117/1.1648647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for imaging skin during cryosurgery is evaluated. OCT provides high spatial resolution (5-10 microm) images of optical backscattering due to local variations in refractive index, such as the boundary between liquid and frozen water in tissue. Time resolved OCT images were acquired during freezing of water, Intralipid trade mark, and in vivo hamster skin. Subsurface morphological changes were evident only during freezing of Intralipid and skin. A simple thermal model was applied which predicted freezing times on the same order of magnitude as those observed in OCT images. OCT can be used as a feedback tool during cryosurgical procedures to monitor progression of the freezing front.
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- Bernard Choi
- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, USA.
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