http://californiahifu.com/wordpress Prostate Cancer Therapy, Bay Area, CA Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:14:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the 6/1/10 AUA Daily Scope: Quoted from the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, 60-70% of men with low stage, low grade prostate cancers, with PSA less than 10 (frequently managed with Active Surveillance), will be found at Radical Prostatectomy to instead have bilateral and higher grade disease. This implies ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/understaging-prostate-cancers/ When HIFU was new, the treatments were administered to men with the machine mostly controlling the power settings after the urologist defined the boundaries of the prostate. Research by Dr. Mark Emberton in London has shown significantly improved results when the urologist adjusts the power settings according to the ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/visually-directly-hifu-vs-algorithm-directed-hifu/ Beginning March, 2009 the Tissue Change Monitoring (TCM) function was added to the Sonablate HIFU units in Puerto Vallarta. This feature uses a radio frequency signal before and after each firing to compare tissue changes from before and after the application of sound wave energy. It allows a ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/tissue-change-monitoring/ From Urology Times Nov. 2008 Dr. Thomas Walsh working with Dr. Paul Turek and others at UCSF note very preliminary data showing a 1.8 fold risk of Prostate Cancer in men with infertility, and a 1.5 fold risk of developing other cancers. http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/male-infertility-link-to-prostate-cancer/ From the Nov. 2008 Urology Times: Univ. Calif. Davis researchers report patients treated with radiation for initial therapy for prostate cancer, and men treated with radiation for positive margins at radical prostatectomy have a 2-fold risk for developing subsequent bladder or colorectal cancers due to the radiation exposure. Caution was urged as ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/radiation-therapy-and-secondary-cancers/ From the 2008 PCRI Conference: The Univ. Calif. San Francisco criteria for active surveillance are: PSA less than 10 Gleason Sum 6 or less No grade 4 or 5 tumor on biopsies Less than 33% cores positive, and no core with over 50% involvement with cancer Stage T1 or T2 _______________________________________________________________________ Treatment is recommended for "Progression" defined as: Rise ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/active-surveillance-when-to-treat/ HIFU Results & Clinical Data The following is a list of publications and presentations that highlight clinical results and research activity of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound - HIFU. Visually directed high-intensity focused ultrasound for organ-confined prostate cancer: a proposed standard for the conduct of therapy. Rowland O. Illing*†, Tom A. Leslie‡, James ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/hifu-clinical-publications/ The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has stopped a study exploring the possibility that Vitamin E and/or Selenium might prevent prostate cancer. Last year the recommendations were modified to limit Vitamin E to 200 IU per day to prevent increased risks of strokes and heart attacks, and to preferably stop ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/vitamin-e-selenium-and-prostate-cancer/ Erectile dysfunction following Brachytherapy (radioactive seeds implanted into prostate) is commonly quoted to cause ED in 20-25% of men within 2 years after treatment. However, Dr. John Mulcahy, leading ED authority, reports in Urology Times of a French study presented at this year's American Urology Association. As many ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/sexual-dysfunction-following-brachytherapy/ My preferred site for HIFU treatments is Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for its clean, private, new bilingual hospital (San Javier) located 5 minutes from the airport and hotels. The local staff work well with the International HIFU crew and American physicians, and the process is now fine tuned and routine. ... http://californiahifu.com/wordpress/2010-hifu-treatment-dates/