- Recommendation ID
- IPG423/2
- Question
- Clinicians should collect data on all patients undergoing focal cryoablation (including details of case selection, methods of follow-up and outcomes) for local audit. Clinicians should enter details about all patients undergoing focal therapy using cryoablation for localised prostate cancer onto the European Registry for Cryosurgical Ablation of the Prostate (EuCAP) register and review clinical outcomes locally.
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) - Current evidence on focal therapy using cryoablation for localised prostate cancer raises no major safety concerns. However, evidence on efficacy is limited in quantity and there is a concern that prostate cancer is commonly multifocal. Therefore this procedure should only be used with special arrangements for clinical governance, consent and audit or research.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Focal therapy using cryoablation for localised prostate cancer
- Number
- IPG423
- Date issued
- April 2012
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | Yes |