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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2019 Jul 26;202(6):1188–1198. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000456

Table 2.

Oncologic outcomes after hemigland cryoablation by D’Amico criteria PCa risk group

PCa Risk Group
Overall Low Intermediate High
No. pts (%) 160 29 (18) 106 (66) 25 (16)
Median mos followup (IQR) 40 (20–59) 45 (22–74) 34 (19–56) 36 (19–57)
Median ng/ml PSA nadir (IQR) 0.9 (0.5–2.3) 1.2 (0.75–2.3) 0.86 (0.49–2.1) 0.8 (0.24–3.1)
Median mos to PSA nadir (IQR) 4 (3–8) 6 (3–11) 4 (3–8) 4 (3–8)
Median % PSA decrease (IQR) 83 (63–92) 76 (51–86) 84 (63–92) 85 (66–94)
No. greater than 70% PSA decrease (%)* 107 (67) 18 (62) 71 (67) 18 (72)
% 5-Yr survival:
 Phoenix criteria biochemical failure-free 62 78 57 67
 Clinically significant PCa-free on followup biopsy 70 87 64 74
 Radical treatment-free 89 95 86 96
 ADT-free 95 100 96 81
 Treatment failure-free 85 95 83 78
5-Yr repeat focal cryoablation-free 86 82 87 88

Five-year treatment failure-free survival, metastasis-free survival, cancer specific survival and overall survival were 100%.

*

Percent of PSA decreased at nadir = (PSA at entry – PSA nadir)/(PSA at entry × 100).

Radical treatment defined as any whole gland treatment.

Treatment failure defined as any whole gland treatment, ADT initiation, metastasis and PCa specific mortality.