Investigators reported an 88% early treatment success rate in 52 men who underwent MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation for localized prostate cancer. Customized prostate ablation with ...

Accordingly, it is not surprising that a leading institution such as Johns Hopkins Medicine is at the forefront of this trend. John Hopkins University was an early participant in the clinical ...

Background: Androgen ablation is often used in addition to low-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer, particularly for disease with adverse features. We report a ...

Prostate cancers are either low-grade, low-risk forms that may be monitored but otherwise untreated, or they’re serious enough to require surgery and radiation. Monitoring can cause patients anxiety.

A clinical trial will test whether partial prostate ablation matches radical prostatectomy in effectiveness — with fewer early side effects. Destroying part of the prostate to treat prostate ...

The first ultrasound system for the ablation of prostate tissue in the United States has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Sonablate 450, developed by SonaCare Medical, ...

Research published in The Journal of Urology offers an alternative to invasive prostate cancer treatments like surgery and radiation. Standard treatments can have serious side effects such as urinary ...

Up until now, capturing an image of a prostate cancer has been difficult because prostate tissue and tumor tissue are so similar. Precise, non-invasive surgical treatment has proved difficult as a ...

AUA 2017, holep laser, green laser beam, laser, urology, nephrology Men with low-risk PCa who underwent partial gland ablation with vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy were less likely than those ...

AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGO, yesterday, announced the receipt of the FDA’s 510(k) clearance for the NanoKnife System for prostate tissue ablation. The clearance for the NanoKnife System for prostate ...

Enzyme ablation of the hyperplastic prostate may be an ideal method of management of BPH. However, the unsatisfactory ablation affects in vivo contrast with successful in vitro results limiting the ...