HIFU and cryotherapy in focal therapy for prostate cancer
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in hifu, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A recent study has shown that, in a series of 127 consecutive Chinese patients, treated with either high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or targeted cryoablation of the prostate (TCAP), the tissue trauma and associated invasiveness of HIFU is significantly less than ...
Review of focal cryotherapy
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Reviewing the currently available data on whole gland and focal cryotherapy and made a good case for the use of these techniques in appropriately selected patients, a recent study has concluded that the application of focal cryotherapy in relatively low ...
Freezing prostate cancer does a man’s body good
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »According to studies released at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, focal cryoablation, called "male lumpectomy" - a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment for prostate cancer - is as effective as surgery in destroying diseased tumors and ...
Research to compare the effectiveness of two prostate cancer treatment procedures
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in hifu, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Researchers are currently conducting a study to compare the effectiveness of two procedures in treating low-risk, localized prostate cancer. One of the procedures being tested is cryotherapy (freeze therapy), a commonly used minimally invasive treatment for localized prostate cancer that already ...
Docs Use Ice to Kill Cancer in Glasgow
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Statistics show that each year dozens of men in Scotland who thought their prostate cancer had been cured find the disease has returned. In many cases there is no suitable alternative treatment left, with the risk of adverse effects outweighing ...
Focal prostate cancer therapy utilizing cryosurgery and hifu
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in hifu, prostate cancer, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Prostate-Sparing Targeted Therapies (Cryotherapy And HIFU) were reviewed by Dr. Ivan Colon, Assistant Professor of Urology, SUNY Downstate Medical School, and the use of HIFU for this indication was discussed by Dr. Ivan Grunberger, Associate Clinical Professor of Urology SUNY ...
Trial Tests new Procedure for Prostate Cancer Patients
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »For prostate cancer patients who fail radiation therapy, there have not been many treatment choices. A major clinical trial is underway to test a procedure to freeze cancerous cells called Salvage Cryo Therapy.The University of Colorado Cancer Center is the ...
Cryotherapy May Be Effective Against Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Cryotherapy is a tissue-freezing procedure. That means thin needles are placed into the prostate through which super-cooled argon gas is circulated -- reducing the temperature to up to -150 degrees centigrade. The technique freezes the prostate, killing the cancer it contains. Cryotherapy ...