Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, and almost 300,000 individuals are diagnosed with it each year in the U.S. To develop a consistent method of estimating prostate cancer size, ...
Francis Medical designed its Vanquish system with needle guidance and hands-free stabilization for vapor ablation of prostate ...
Brachytherapy and proton therapy are radiation therapies, while HIFU and TULSA are focal therapies with distinct mechanisms. Medicare typically covers HIFU but not TULSA, with potential future ...
Francis Medical is heating up with a 510 (k) clearance from the FDA for its water vapor ablation therapy aimed at cancers of ...
An implantable microdevice safely delivered multiple drugs directly into prostate cancer lesions, enabling assessment of tumor-specific responses. All 14 patients successfully underwent robot-assisted ...
Upon reviewing repeated prostate cancer screenings, researchers observed the absence of suspicious MRI findings in over 86% of men who had prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels of 3 ng/mL or higher ...
Treatments for prostate cancers localised to the prostate have long been aimed at treating the whole prostate either by ...
What are the common symptoms of prostate cancer? Trouble in urination, erectile dysfunction, and sudden weight loss. But for a 78-year-old healthy man, it was toothache and swelling in gums. A ...
For years, prostate cancer specialists hit a wall when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels crept up after definitive treatment. The cancer was likely back — but where? And to what extent? Bone plus ...