Precisely delivered ultrasound could be an effective treatment for prostate cancer, with high-frequency sound waves heating and killing off cancer cells, a new study says. The treatment killed off all ...

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a noninvasive way to destroy tissue or stop it from working. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for prostate ablation in 2015, but the ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — A new, less invasive prostate cancer treatment is now available through the Idaho Urologic Institute. It is called the High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU for short. It uses ...

Impact of race on prostate cancer selection and cause-specific mortality: A SEER database analysis. Background: Prostate volume affects whether patients qualify for brachytherapy (desired size ≥20mL ...

A prostate ultrasound, sometimes called prostate sonography, is a test that produces black-and-white images of your prostate by bouncing sound waves off your body’s tissues. This test is used to ...

Well demarcated hypoechoic areas in suspicious regions on MRI identify men more likely to have Gleason 7 or higher prostate cancer found on biopsy. Ultrasound characteristics of prostate regions that ...

An ultrasound scan can be used to detect cases of prostate cancer, according to new research. Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS ...

Prostate cancer may soon be treated more effectively using ultrasound at therapeutic levels, without the significant and distressing side effects of more traditional treatments. A new study presented ...

A transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of the prostate may also be called a prostate sonogram or endorectal ultrasound. A doctor usually performs a TRUS to help diagnose prostate cancer or detect prostate ...

Researchers in the UK have demonstrated a new kind of ultrasound scan can diagnose prostate cancer with accuracy equal to costly and time-consuming magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The findings offer ...