High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a novel prostate cancer treatment that minimizes side effect while destroying ...

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 ...

Once there, MRI is used to guide precise positioning of 10 therapeutic ultrasound elements into the prostate ... and liver ...

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.

The Mount Sinai Hospital has performed New York City's first procedure using the HYDROS Robotic System, a cutting-edge technology designed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged ...

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 ...

St. Bernards Medical Center has successfully performed Arkansas' first noninvasive treatment of early-stage prostate cancer.

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 ...