FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER : WHERE ARE WE? MICHAEL MARBERGER PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

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FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER : WHERE ARE WE? MICHAEL MARBERGER PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

pt2a GL.SC. 6 (3+3)

IS TREATMENT OF ENTIRE GLAND NEEDED?

MR GUIDED - HIFU OF BREAST CANCER COURTESY H. HRICAK

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE LESION CAN BE LOCALIZED WITH CLINICAL MEANS LESION CAN BE TARGETED AND ABLATED AT LOW MORBIDITY COMPLETE ABLATION CAN BE MONITORED

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

FREQUENCY (%) 1184 RP SPECIMENS - 19.2% UNILATERAL Ca 100 80 UNILATERAL BILATERAL 60 40 20 0 5 5.1 10 10.1 15 % TU. INVOLVEMENT IN SPECIMEN >15 MOURAVIEV, CANCER 110:906, 2007

FREQUENCY (%) 1184 RP SPECIMENS - 19.2% UNILATERAL Ca 100 80 UNILATERAL BILATERAL * 60 40 20 0 5 5.1 10 10.1 15 % TU. INVOLVEMENT IN SPECIMEN >15 *UNILATERAL Ca GL SC > 7 6.2% MOURAVIEV, CANCER 110:906, 2007

cm3 TUMOR VOLUME IN MULTIFOCAL PROSTATE CANCER 2,5 2 2,13 1.832 RP SPECIMENS 1,5 1 0,5 0,39 0,17 0,09 0,04 mean volume 0 largest 2nd 3rd 4th 5th OHORI, J. UROL 175 Suppl: 507, 2006 EGGENER, J. UROL 178:2260, 2007

cm3 TUMOR VOLUME IN MULTIFOCAL PROSTATE CANCER 2,5 2 2,13 1.832 RP SPECIMENS 92% OF EXTRA CAPSULAR EXTENSION COMES FROM THE LARGEST FOCUS 1,5 1 0,5 0,39 0,17 0,09 0,04 mean volume 0 largest 2nd 3rd 4th 5th OHORI, J. UROL 175 Suppl: 507, 2006 EGGENER, J. UROL 178:2260, 2007

PROSTATE CA MAINLY MULTIFOCAL BUT ~ 15-30% UNIFOCAL / UNILATERAL (PREDOMINANTLY LOW GRADE,LOW VOLUME)

PROSTATE CA MAINLY MULTIFOCAL BUT ~ 15-30% UNIFOCAL / UNILATERAL (PREDOMINANTLY LOW GRADE,LOW VOLUME) WITH MULTIFOCAL CA. OFTEN DOMINATING INDEX LESION, WHICH DRIVES DISEASE PROGRESSION ( BIOLOGICALLY UNIFOCAL )

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE LESION CAN BE LOCALIZED WITH CLINICAL MEANS

OF 4437 PATIENTS WITH PCa AT TRUS Bx, 158 HAD UNILATERAL, GL. SC. < 6, VOLUME (<5%) PCa AND PSA < 10ng/ml QUANN, INT.J.CLIN.EXP.PATHOL., 3:401,2010

OF 4437 PATIENTS WITH PCa AT TRUS Bx, 158 HAD UNILATERAL, GL. SC. < 6, VOLUME (<5%) PCa AND PSA < 10ng/ml AT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY 74% BILATERAL Ca 31% TU.VOL > 10% 29% GL.SC. > 7 QUANN, INT.J.CLIN.EXP.PATHOL., 3:401,2010

OF 4437 PATIENTS WITH PCa AT TRUS Bx, 158 HAD UNILATERAL, GL. SC. < 6, VOLUME (<5%) PCa AND PSA < 10ng/ml AT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY 74% BILATERAL Ca 31% TU.VOL > 10% 29% GL.SC. > 7 MORE CORES TAKEN OR 1 vs. 2 POS. CORES HAD NO IMPACT ON DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY QUANN, INT.J.CLIN.EXP.PATHOL., 3:401,2010

DYNAMIC MULTIPARAMETRIC MR - MRS IMAGING

3T MRI STAGING ACCURACY (vs. RPE SPECIMEN) 1.0 TRUE POSITIVE 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 46 PATS. EXPERIENCE > 2 YEARS RAD. 1 BAC (0.76) RAD. 2 BAC (0.61) 0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 BA = BODY ARRAY COIL FALSE POSITIVE HEIJMINK,, RADIOLOGY 244:184, 2007

3T MRI STAGING ACCURACY (vs. RPE SPECIMEN) 1.0 TRUE POSITIVE 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 46 PATS. EXPERIENCE > 2 YEARS RAD. 1 BAC (0.76) RAD. 2 BAC (0.61) RAD. 1 ERC (0.97) RAD. 2 ERC (0.97) 0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 BA = BODY ARRAY COIL ER = ENDORECTAL COIL FALSE POSITIVE HEIJMINK,, RADIOLOGY 244:184, 2007

3T MRI STAGING ACCURACY (vs. RPE SPECIMEN) 1.0 TRUE POSITIVE 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 46 PATS. EXPERIENCE ~ 3 MONTHS RAD. 3 BAC (0.74) RAD. 4 BAC (0.55) RAD. 3 ERC (0.69) RAD. 4 ERC (0.79) 0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 BA = BODY ARRAY COIL ER = ENDORECTAL COIL FALSE POSITIVE HEIJMINK,, RADIOLOGY 244:184, 2007

TEMPLATE GUIDED PERINEAL BIOPSY WITH 5-mm SAMPLING FRAME (TO DEFINE 0.5cc CANCER FOCI WITH 90% CERTAINTY) DE LA ROSETTE, J. ENDOUROL., 24:775, 2010

MORE EXTENSIVE Bx IDENTIFIES MORE AND SMALLER CA, BUT CAN NOT RELIABLY MAP INDEX CA

MORE EXTENSIVE Bx IDENTIFIES MORE AND SMALLER CA, BUT CAN NOT RELIABLY MAP INDEX CA ENDORECTAL MRI / DYN. MRI RELIABLY IDENTIFIES CA > 1cm 3, AND WITH REFINEMENT (MRSI) SOME > 0.5cm 3

MORE EXTENSIVE Bx IDENTIFIES MORE AND SMALLER CA, BUT CAN NOT RELIABLY MAP INDEX CA ENDORECTAL MRI / DYN. MRI RELIABLY IDENTIFIES CA > 1cm 3, AND WITH REFINEMENT (MRSI) SOME > 0.5cm 3 TEMPLATE GUIDED STEREOTACTIC Bx FOR 3D - LOCALISATION OF INDEX TU.WITHIN PROSTATE IMPROVES TARGETED ABLATION

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE LESION CAN BE LOCALIZED WITH CLINICAL MEANS LESION CAN BE ABLATED AT LOW MORBIDITY

RADIOTHERAPY CRYOTHERAPY RADIOFREQUENCY THERMAL LASER VT PHOTODYNAMIC FOCUSED ULTRASOUND INJECTABLES etc

HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED US (HIFU) 1600-2000 W/cm 2 20-40 W/cm 2 FREY, LANGENB. ARCH. KLEIN. CHIR. 264:253, 1950 LOCHMANN, ibid 264:235, 1950

SONABLATE TM,FOCUS SURGERY TRANSRECTAL HIFU

VARIABILITY OF LESION SIZE OBTAINED URETHRA ± 36% P OBTAINED ± 22% NO IMPACT OF SLANTING OR PCa vs. PBH US - BEAM 1680W/cm, 8 RPE SPECIMENS MADERSBACHER CANCER RES.55:3346,1995

FOCAL HIFU OF LOW RISK PCa 40mm URETHRA 56mm 1. F 3.5 cm 1680 W / cm 2 3. F 3.5 cm 1680 W / cm 2 2. F 3.5 cm 1680 W / cm 2 Ca (BIOPSY pos.) BIOPSIES RECTUM W.S. 14.01.21 TRUS Bx MADERSBACHER, CANCER RES. 55:3346, 1995

FOCAL HIFU RP 10 PATIENTS (T1C, 1 CORE GL SC 6) CA. ALWAYS CORRECTLY TARGETED IN 3 PATS. COMPLETE TU. ABLATION IN 7 PATS. PARTIAL ABLATION (MEAN 53%, RANGE 38-77%) MADERSBACHER, CANCER RES. 55:3346, 1995

FOCAL HIFU RP 10 PATIENTS (T1C, 1 CORE GL SC 6) CA. ALWAYS CORRECTLY TARGETED IN 3 PATS. COMPLETE TU. ABLATION IN 7 PATS. PARTIAL ABLATION (MEAN 53%, RANGE 38-77%) KEY PROBLEM: IDENTIFYING TUMOR MADERSBACHER, CANCER RES. 55:3346, 1995

DEPT. UROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA HIFU HEMI- ABLATION TRUS BIOPSY 6 18 MONTHS LATER: NO TUMOR IN TREATED LOBE RESIDUAL TUMOR = FAILURE

MORBIDITY - FOCAL HIFU PATIENTS ANESTHESIA (mean) POSTOP. RETENTION OTHER COMPLICATION POTENCY MAINTAINED 12 67 mins 1/12-6/7 MORBIDITY OF FOCAL HIFU MINIMAL DEPT.UROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

MULITMODALITY MRI MAKES A DIFFERENCE: HIFU HEMIABLATION IN UNILATERAL LOW RISK PCa IN 20 PATIENTS BIOPSY STATUS* AT 6 MONTHS: ANY CANCER CLIN. SIGN. PCA 2 / 19 PATS. 0 / 19 PATS. * SAMPLING DENSITY > I CORE PER ml TISSUE, TREATED LOBE ONLY EMBERTON, J.UROL.E.publ. 1/21/ 2011

AFTER HIFU 3MONTHS HEMIABL. 6MONTHS ERECTION 95% 95% PAD FREE URINARY 95% 95% CONTINENCE RECTAL TOXICITY 0% 0% WET EJACUALATION 60% 55% EMBERTON J.UROL. E.publ. 1/21//2011

TARGETED ABLATION OF TU. BEARING PROSTATE SECTORS FEASIBLE AT LOW MORBIDITY

TARGETED ABLATION OF TU. BEARING PROSTATE SECTORS FEASIBLE AT LOW MORBIDITY PROCEDURES REPEATABLE, NO BRIDGES BURNED

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE LESION CAN BE LOCALIZED WITH CLINICAL MEANS LESION CAN BE ABLATED AT LOW MORBIDITY COMPLETE ABLATION CAN BE MONITORED

ASCERTAINEMENT OF ABLATION BY CE ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND SEQUENTIAL MRI END OF ABLATION LINDNER W.J.UROL. 28:727, 2007

ASCERTAINEMENT OF ABLATION BY CE ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND SEQUENTIAL MRI END OF ABLATION 7d POST ABLATION NO ENHANCEMENT / NECROSIS (HE) = 1.4 / 1 LINDNER W.J.UROL. 28:727, 2007 LINDNER EUR.UROL.57:1111,2010

OBTAINED TARGETED DEPT. UROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

POTENTIAL HIFU TISSUE EFFECTS IN VIVO THERMAL BY ABSORPTION OF US ENERGY AND CONVERSION TO HEAT BOILING FROM HEAT ACCUMULATION CAVITATION BY BUBBLE FORMATION AND IMPLOSION CHAPELON, CANCER RES. 52:6353, 1992 PAPREL, BJU INT. 95.881, 2005

PULSED CAVITATIONAL ULTRASOUND ( HISTOTRIPSY FRACTIONATION ) COURTESY, ROBERTS, ANN ARBOR

Intensity (SPTA W/cm 2 ) CAVITATION THRESHOLD 10 6 10 5 Degassed Water 10 4 10 3 10 2 CAVITATION 10 1 10 0 10-1 10-2 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 Frequency (Hz) HEAT Fry Phy. Tech. Biol Res Academic Press New Yor,k 1962

GREY SCALE CHANGES DURING HIFU ( BUBBLES ) GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 UCHIDA, BJU INT 97:56, 2006

PSA AFTER TOTAL TRANSRECTAL HIFU ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE 10 ng/ml Visual mode PSA 10 (n=27 Pats.) Algorithm, PSA 10 (n=19 Pats.) 3 2 1 0 Baseline 3 6 9 12 18 24 30 36 m+sd Weeks DEPT. UROL. MED. UNIV. OF VIENNA

DUAL MODALITY PROBE PERMITS CONTINUOUS RF DATA DATA ACQUISITION DURING TRANSRECTAL HIFU TREATMENT Focal Zone Tissue Confocal Imaging Transducer HIFU Transducer Probe Tip SONABLATE-500, FOCUS SURGERY,US

Signal Amplitude PULSE-ECHO ULTRASOUND DATA FROM IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS HIFU-INDUCES CHANGES VISIBLE IN THE B-MODE IMAGES. T = 1s T = 2s T = 3s Popcorn Distance [mm]

TISSUE CHANGE MONITORING (TCM) BY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF BACKSCATTERED US SONOBLATE 500 TCM TM, US HIFU MARBERGER, WCE CHICAGO 2010

VALIDATION OF TCM WITH REAL TIME THERMOMETRY DURING HIFU IN 5 PATIENTS 83% ORANGE ( > 75 C) 17% YELLOW (60-75 C) OUTSIDE FOCAL ZONE FOCAL ZONE MARBERGER, WCE CHICAGO 2010

VALIDATION OF TCM WITH REAL TIME THERMOMETRY DURING HIFU IN 5 PATIENTS 83% ORANGE ( > 75 C) 17% YELLOW (60-75 C) OUTSIDE FOCAL ZONE FOCAL ZONE YELLOW ZONE: ABLATION UN- RELIABLE, NEEDS RETREATMENT MARBERGER, WCE CHICAGO 2010

TRANSURETHRAL MRI-GUIDED CONFORMAL US ABLATION DIRECTIONAL US BEAMS - Deliver energy to targeted angular sectors MULTIPLE ELEMENTS - Control energy deposition along device MULTI-FREQUENCY TRANSDUCERS - Along with power, enable control over radial penetration CHOPRA, MED. PHYS. 35:1346, 2008

5 PATIENTS WITH LOCALIZED PCa: MRI GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL US ABLATION RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY Histopathology 100% kill Target line AVG. SPATIAL PRECISION 1-2 mm! PROTOTYPE, PROFOUND TM SIDDIQUI, UROLOGY; 76:1506,2010

HIFU ABLATION CAN BE MONITORED REAL-TIME BY - US TISSUE CHANGE MONITORING - MRI THERMOMETRY INSUFFICIENT ABLATION CAN THEN BE REPEATED IMMEDIATELY FOR COMPLETE ABLATION

FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER : WILL IT EVER WORK IN DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE?

FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER : WILL IT EVER WORK IN DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE?

72 YRS., PSA 5.1 ng/ml, MRI CORESPONDING 1/12 CORES 30% GL.SC. 3+3 SEX. ACTIVE

72 YRS., PSA 3.1 ng/ml, 6 MONTHS AFTER FOCAL HIFU SEX. ACTIVE

75 YRS., PSA 3.8 ng/ml, 40 MONTHS AFTER FOCAL HIFU SEX. ACTIVE

75 YRS., PSA 3.8 ng/ml, 40 MONTHS AFTER FOCAL HIFU SEX. ACTIVE

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CA LOCALIZED, UNIFOCAL CANCER OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE LESION CAN BE LOCALIZED WITH CLINICAL MEANS LESION CAN BE TARGETED AND ABLATED AT LOW MORBIDITY COMPLETE ABLATION CAN BE MONITORED

THE SOBERING CONCLUSIONS TARGETED ABLATION OF TU. BEARING PROSTATE SECTORS FEASIBLE AT LOW MORBIDITY

THE SOBERING CONCLUSIONS TARGETED ABLATION OF TU. BEARING PROSTATE SECTORS FEASIBLE AT LOW MORBIDITY PROCEDURES REPEATABLE, NO BRIDGES BURNED

THE SOBERING CONCLUSIONS TARGETED ABLATION OF TU. BEARING PROSTATE SECTORS FEASIBLE AT LOW MORBIDITY PROCEDURES REPEATABLE, NO BRIDGES BURNED BUT IS CANCER REALLY CURED?

ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE IS PROBABLY EQUALLY EFFECTIVE * * * * * * 5/452 PATIENTS, ALL PSADT < 1.6 YEARS Ca.-SPEC. SURVIVAL, YEARS 10-YRS. PCa-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL 97% KLOTZ, J CLIN ONCOL, 26:126, 2010