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Scientists at Heriot Watt University developed a cost-effective technique for faster, more accurate prostate cancer detection using ultrasound equipment, with a 94% success rate in early trials.

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

A groundbreaking technique developed by scientists at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, could offer new hope for faster and more accessible prostate cancer detection. Using existing ultrasound ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — The inherited mutated gene WNT9B, which functions normally in embryonic prostate development, increases risk of adult prostate cancer, according to a new ... Jan. 3, 2025 — In ...

The cost of an ultrasound scanner is a fraction of an MRI scanner (around 10%), so the new approach provides clinicians with a valuable new tool to help better guide prostate biopsies and focal ...

Every two minutes, a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer in our country. This disease is currently the second-leading cancer-related killer of men in the United States.

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated ...

Q: Is it possible to treat prostate cancer with sound waves? A: High-intensity focused ultrasound is an innovative treatment option for men with localized, low to intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer imaging developed by university researchers has shown “extremely encouraging” results in its first clinical trials. A team at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, leading the clinical ...

A man who was diagnosed with cancer twice in just over a year has praised a new non-invasive ultrasound treatment which saved his life after enduring the "hell" of chemotherapy. Stuart Emerson, 60, ...