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Q: Ultrasound Treatment For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

asked by: MrBill on July 10th, 2007

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I've read somewhere that there are new very effective methods for treating prostate cancer with ultrasound. Has anyone done that kind of treatment?

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MandMs

replied on August 30th, 2007

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Re: Ultrasound Treatment For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

MrBill wrote:

I've read somewhere that there are new very effective methods for treating prostate cancer with ultrasound. Has anyone done that kind of treatment?

This new method is called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound and has good results. Some of the treated patients after that procedure had negative biopsies of prostate and no evidence of any disease progression. There are some complications that can occur but in very small % of patients. Many doctors think that this is a promising treatment.

57 (80%) of the 71 patients had negative biopsies, and 43 (61%) of 71 had a nadir PSA level of less than 0.5 ng/mL. The nadir level was obtained within 3 months. At the last follow-up, 44% of the patients had no evidence of any disease progression. The adverse events related to HIFU included rectourethral fistula in 6%, grade 3 incontinence in 7%, and bladder neck stenosis in 17%. No rectal injury occurred with the use of specific parameters. CONCLUSIONS: HIFU appears to be a promising treatment option with a curative chance for patients with local recurrence after external beam radiotherapy. The HIFU-related morbidity was lower than the morbidity reported after other types of salvage therapy, leading to a favorable risk/benefit ratio.

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