New High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound available to help treat prostate cancer in Idaho

How a Minnesota medtech startup treats prostate cancer with water

In a Maple Grove industrial strip mall unequipped with the beanbag chairs common to Silicon Valley startups, Francis Medical is creating a device to treat prostate cancer, working with a remote similar to a gaming controller. The device has received support from some of the world's largest medtech companies.

Prostate PSA screening event in Crawley

1 in every 2 men will have a health problem with their prostate at some stage of their lives. It could be an infection, enlargement or cancer. 1 in every 8 men will develop prostate cancer and those of African-Caribbean heritage and those with a family history of prostate, breast or ovarian cancers are 2 to 3 times more at risk.

New High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound available to help treat prostate cancer in Idaho

Idaho Urologic Institute offers HIFU, a less invasive prostate cancer treatment, focusing on heat energy to target cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue.

Effectiveness and tolerability of targeted drugs for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) refers to prostate cancer that has progressed after initial androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Over the years,

PSA testing and prostate cancer: advice for men without symptoms of prostate disease

Naeem Bhojani, MD, expands on key findings from WATER III trial

“I think it will help patients decide what prostate surgery they want,” says Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC.