Treating Prostate Cancer with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
Prostate Cancer

Treating Prostate Cancer with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a radiation-free therapy that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for prostate tissue ablation, which means it can be used to treat prostate cancer, although the approval is not specifically for that. Thus far, two types of HIFU systems have garnered the FDA’s okay: the Sonablate 450 (approved…