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September 2026

UROLOGY

HOLEP AND CRYOABLATION FOR SELECT PATIENTS WITH BPH AND PROSTATE CANCER

Ashley E. Ross, MD, PhD, and Perry Xu, MD, discuss a combined minimally invasive approach for select patients with enlarged prostates and prostate cancer. They explain how holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) may provide durable symptom relief while cryoablation targets localized cancer, with early experience informing patient selection.
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Dr. Ross
Ashley E. Ross, MD, PhD, Clinical Director for the Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine 
Dr. Xu
Perry Xu, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine

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