Five years experience of transrectal high‐intensity focused ultrasound using the Sonablate device in the treatment of localized prostate cancer

Uchida, Τοyoaki; Ohkusa, Hiroshi; Yamashita, Hideyuki; Shoji, S.; Nagata, Yoshihiro; Hyodo, Toru; Satoh, Takefumi

doi:10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01272.x

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Five years experience of transrectal high‐intensity focused ultrasound using the Sonablate device in the treatment of localized prostate cancer

Published in International Journal of Urology • Mar 1, 2006

Authors:

Τοyoaki Uchida

Hiroshi Ohkusa

Hideyuki Yamashita

Abstract

BACKGROUND: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally invasive technique used in achieve coagulation necrosis. We evaluated biochemical disease-free survival rates, predictors of clinical outcome and morbidity in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with HIFU. METHODS: A tot...

Subject

Medicine

Prostate cancer

High-intensity focused ultrasound

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