HIFU & Prostate Cancer News and Events
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A Breakthrough in Prostate Cancer Treatment, and a Columbia Urologist Advocating Its Legalization - High intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, is being touted as a better alternative to radiation, chemotherapy or even freezing the prostate.
By David Greisman
Cancer patients want their treatment to be effective, first and foremost. Of secondary concern – but still important – are the side effects.
A form of treatment for prostate cancer called high intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, is gaining traction as an alternate to chemotherapy, radiation or freezing the prostate.
HIFU uses ultrasound waves to treat prostate cancer. Doctors speak not only of its effectiveness, but also note that it leads less often to incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
And one of its proponents is a Columbia urologist, Dr. Kevin B. Blumenthal of Central Maryland Urology Associates, which is located near Howard County General Hospital.
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Cancer Device gets OK for more Tests - by Karen Garloch, Charlotte Observer
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Cancer Device gets OK for more Tests - by Karen Garloch, Charlotte Observer
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Men's Vogue. Heat Wave - Ultrasound technology is saving men's lives-and their dignity. The next Prostate cancer killer is worth leaving the country for. By Michael Rosenwald. Complete Article.
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Ultrasound's New Focus Science News Magaizine. By Ben Harder. Vol. 169 pg 264-265.
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First Clinic in Canada to offer HIFU with the Sonablate® 500 for Prostate Cancer Now Open in Windsor, Ontario
Minimally invasive High Intensity Focused Ultrasound therapy, a state-of-the-art alternative to traditional approaches.
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USHIFU Announces Opening of Can-Am HIFU in Toronto:
Minimally Invasive HIFU with the Sonablate(R) 500 for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia available in Canada.
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HIFU: The Next Generation? Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) Insights.
Douglas O. Chinn, MD Chinn & Chinn Urology Medical Associates, Arcadia, CA
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Men's Health Best Life Magazine - Operation Upgrade by Trevor Thieme
Article outlines the the real deal on the latest medical procedures, including prostate cancer and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound.
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The Man Who Changed Cancer - by Cora Daniels, Fortune Magazine.
Mike Milken spent a year beating prostate cancer. He spent the next decade shaking up cancer research. Now thousands of men are living longer-and leaders everywhere are taking notice.
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Men, Cancer & Hope- by Robert Langreth, Forbes Magazine.
For decades, prostate cancer was the silent scourge of men, neglected by scientists. Now a research evolution is yielding a potent new arsenal of weapons to quell this killer.
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The Sound of Healing? Local Business Buys In - by Mike Stobbe, Charlotte Observer.
New health care company in Charlotte, North Carolina blasts cancer with ultrasonic waves.
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High intensity focused ultrasound is a prostate cancer weapon not readily available here in the United States yet, but a Charlotte company wants to change that.
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HIFU Making Waves
Ultrasound Waves May Assist Drugs in Stroke Patients
Wall Street Journal. Associated Press |