[Cryotherapy in 141 cases of carcinoma of the prostate reviewed after 5 years (author's transl)]. / La cryothérapie en 141 cas de cancers prostatiques contrôlés après 5 ans.

141 patients with prostatic cancer, checked by biopsy, have been treated since 1975 till 1980 with cryotherapy and hormonotherapy. They have been compared with 60 patients who have received only hormones. There is a statistical difference in favour of the patients treated with cryotherapy, particularly in T3 and T4 stage. The best survival is plain especially in the first and third year. This improvement might depend on an immunologycal answer.