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BMJ Case Reports 2012; doi:10.1136/bcr.03.2012.6127
  • Novel treatment (new drug/intervention; established drug/procedure in new situation)

Salvage radiotherapy after high intensity focused ultrasound for prostate cancer

  1. Santhanam Sundar
  1. Department of Oncology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Santhanam Sundar, santhanam.sundar{at}nuh.nhs.uk

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique that has been used to treat localised prostate cancer. There is no standard treatment for patients who relapse with prostate cancer following primary treatment with HIFU; here we report the case of a patient who was successfully treated with external beam radiotherapy for disease relapse following HIFU. To date, our patient remains disease free with no toxicity from his treatment.

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