(10) Path Towards Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer at UCLA
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Development of the targeting and fusion technology to enable focal laser therapy of prostate cancer.
Read here for more information about:
(1) Men whose cancer went undetected by conventional biopsy but was picked up by targeted prostate biopsy: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23523537
(2) Why we use targeted biopsy to select men for active surveillance: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24512956
(3) How we use patient-specific 3D printing to improve targeting: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374914
Using the same MR-US fusion technology to perform targeted biopsies, UCLA Urology is in a collaboration with Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Pathology to perform focal therapy of the prostate. In this video, the team, lead by Dr. Marks, describes the development of the targeting and fusion technology to allow laser therapy to deliver a minimally invasive treatment, eliminating the side effects of radical surgery.