Performed under general anesthesia, the procedure involves inserting a small probe into the rectum. This probe emits the ultrasound waves that target the cancerous areas of the prostate.

It’s a minimally invasive procedure that uses directional ultrasound to produce very high temperatures to ablate or destroy targeted prostate tissue for prostate cancer. Dr. Sameer Siddiqui, SLU SOM ...

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLU-H) is the first and only hospital in Missouri and the larger Midwest region to perform a new innovative and less-invasive prostate cancer procedure. The ...

University researchers have developed a prostate ... ultrasound technology successfully detected tumours with an impressive 94% sensitivity rate in testing, and can complete the procedure in ...