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With cryotherapy, a procedure is used to freeze the prostate cells so that they die. Over a period of weeks, the body clears the way the dead cells. Liquid nitrogen or argon gas is circulated through a hollow instrument called a cryoprobe, which is placed in contact with the tumor. The doctor uses ultrasound or MRI to guide the cryoprobe and monitor the freezing of the cells, thus in theory, limiting damage to nearby healthy tissue.

The hope was that cryotherapy would be less damaging in the long term than conventional prostatectomy. Insufficient long term data exists so that it is impossible to say with any certainty, whether there are any long-term benefits or downsides with this technology. However there have been a small number of short-term studies and they seem to indicate that cryotherapy is no better and probably slightly worse than conventional prostatectomy, in other words not very good.
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In one study after seven years the recurrence was rates as measured by a rising PSA, was 39% in low risk cases, 32% in medium risk cases and 39% in high risk cases. At best, the claims for cryotherapy now cannot suggest that the outcomes will be better than external beam radiation, three dimensional conformal radiation or brachytherapy.

In a second study after 24 months, the prostate cancer recurrence rates ranged from 39% to 64%  which was even worse than in the first study. The rates for complications included impotence, i.e. not being able to have an erection (93%), incontinence (7.5%), rectal fistula (.5%), and transurethral resection (13%). If anything those rates are somewhat worse than for conventional prostatectomy.

The initial results have certainly been disappointing and might explain why cryotherapy as a conventional treatments recommended for prostate cancer has not really had much traction.

It is claimed that cryosurgery techniques have improved and that consequently the results of treatment have improved and may have helped to reduce side effects. However, the jury is still out on this one and research is continuing.
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