Prostate Cancer targeted with ultrasound

An ultrasound technique for killing cancer tumors without harming healthy tissue could transform the treatment of prostate cancer. Research presented at a meeting suggest the treatment is as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with fewer side effects. Led by University College Hospital (UCH) in London, UK, the study followed 625 men between 2004-2015, who were treated in the UK and who had localized, non-metastatic tumors; the tumors were in one part of the prostate and had not spread beyond the gland.
Hashim Ahmed, a consultant urological surgeon at UCH, told the meeting that 93% of patients who underwent HIFU alone to remove their prostate tumor were still cancer-free and did not need any surgery or radiotherapy 5 years after treatment.