prostate Cancer REsearcH Articles - HIFU

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Scientific Foundation, Technology and Clinical Outcomes. 
John C. Rewcastle.  Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, Volume 5, Number 6, December (2006)

Hifu Results Similar to EBRT in Large Prostate Ca Series.
(If disease progresses, salvage therapy can achieve 'very good control'.)
Gebhart, Fred.  Urology Times Canada, Volume 18, Number 1, January 2011

15 Year Clinical Review Supports EDAP Ablatherm HIFU as Viable Primary Treatment for Local Prostate Cancer at Any Stage.
Christian Chaussy and Stefan Thuroff, June 2011 Urology Report

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Research is Ongoing on Long-Term Outcomes)
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Eight Years' Experience With High-Intensity Focused Ultrasonography for Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer.
Andreas Blana, Sebastian Rogenhofer, Roman Ganzer, Jens-Claudio Lunz, Martin Schostak, Wolf F. Wieland and Bernhard Walter
Journal of Urology, Volume 72, Number 6, 2008

Control of Prostate Cancer by Transrectal HIFU in 227 Patients.
Laura Poissonnier, Jean-Yves Chapelon, Olivier Rouviere, Laura Curiel, Raymonde Bouvier, Xavier Martin, Jean Michel Dubernard, Alber Gelet.
European Urology, Volume 51, 2007

Current Status of High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer: Technology, Clinical Outcomes, and Future.
Francois-Joseph L. Murat, MD and Alvert Gelet, MD
Current Urology Reports, 9:113-121, 2008

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for prostate cancer: Current Clinical Status, Outcomes and Future Perspectives
Sebastien Crouzet, Francois J. Murat, Gilles Pasticier, Philippe Cassier, Jean Y. Chapelon & Albert Gelet
Int. J. Hyperthermia from Informahealthcare.com, 2010

Multicentric Oncologic Outcomes of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Localized Prostate Cancer in 803 Patients.
Sebastien Crouzet, Xavier Rebillard, Daniel Chevallier, Pascal Rischmann, Gilles Pasticier, Gregory Carcia, Olivier Rouviere, Jean Yves Chapelon, Albert Gelet.
European Urology, 2010

Ablatherm HIFU viable primary treatment for local prostate cancer
May 2011 Medical Physics Web Article at medicalphysicsweb.org.

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for prostate cancer: comparative definitions of biochemical failure.
Andreas Blana, Stephen C.W. Brown, Christian Chaussy, Giario N. Conti, James A. Eastham, Roman Ganzer, Francois J. Murat, Gilles Pasticier, Xavier Rebillard, John C. Rewcastle, Cary N. Robertson, Stefan Thuroff and John F. Ward.
BJU International, Volume 104, 1058-1062, 2009

Visually Directed Transrectal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Preliminary Report on the Italian Experience.
Luigi Mearini, Leonardo D'Urso, Devis Collura, Alessandro Zucchi, Elisabetta Costantini, Andrea Formiconi, Vittorio Bini, Giovanni Muto, and Massimo Porena
The Journal of Urology, Voluve 181, 105-112, January 2009

High-intensity Focused Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review of the French Association of Urology.
Xavier Rebillard, Michel Soulie, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Jean-Luis Davin, Jean-Pierre Mignard, Jean-Luc Moreau and Christian Coulange for the Association Francaise d'Urologie.
BJU International, Volume 101, 1205-1213, 2008

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