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The Times Report – Sounds of Hope on
Prostate Cancer
The Times, 31 October 2009
The Times Report – Shining Light on Prostate Cancer
The Times, 31 October 2009
University College London report on world-first trials into Focal Therapy and Prostate Cancer
UCL News, 22 October 2009
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the treatment of primary cancer, the first UK Series.
HU Ahmed, E Zacharakis, T Dudderidge, JN Armitage, R Scott, J Calleary, R Illing, A Kirkham, A Freeman, C Ogden, C Allen, M Emberton
Published in the British Journal of Cancer 2009.
The feasibility and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound as salvage therapy for recurrent prostate cancer following external beam radiotherapy (280KB)
by Evangelos Zacharakis, Hashim U Ahmed, Ayesha Ishaq, Rebecca Scott, Rowland Illing, Alex Freeman, Clare Allen and Mark Emberton. March 2008.
EAU –
Clinical Data Paper – Italian experiences, ‘Transrectal
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), using the Sonablate 500
for the treatment of prostate cancer, the Perugia-Torino experience.
(37 KB)
Mearini, L.1, D’urso, L.Z, Collura, C.Z Zucchi, A.1, Formiconi,
A.2, Muto, M.2, Porena M.1
1. University of Perugia, Dept of Urology, Perugia, Italy, 20spedale,
San Giovanni Bosco, Dept of Urology, Torino, Italy. March 2008.
Will focal therapy become a standard
of care for men with localized prostate cancer?
(867 KB)
Hashim Uddin Ahmed, Doug Pendse, Rowland Illing, Clare Allen,
Jan HP van der Meulen and Mark Emberton. November 2007.
Visually Directed HIFU for Prostate Cancer
- A New Standard (227 KB) 27th July 2006
Rowland O. Illing, Sam Dawkins, Chris W. Ogden and Mark Emberton.
The Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College Hospital,
London, UK. The Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College
of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
Sonablate -500:
transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound using the Sonablate
device in the treatment of prostate cancer (4.34
MB )
Rowland Illing and Mark Emberton. 2006.
Five years
experience of transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound using
the Sonablate device in the treatment of localized prostate cancer
(6.26 MB) 2006.
Sonablate R 500 – transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of
prostate cancer ( 4.34 MB)
Rowland Illing, Mark Emberton. 2006.
Conduct of HIFU therapy for low to moderate risk, organ confined prostate cancer with the Sonablate R 500 system, result of consensus meeting ( 156 KB)
Authors: T A Leslie, R O Illing, J E Kennedy, J Calleary, L D D’Urso, L Mearini, S F Brewster, M Emberton
June 2006.
Intensity Focused Ultrasound
(HIFU) on Human Prostate Cancer (375 KB)
Department of Urology, University of Vienna, Austria.
Perspectives
in clinical uses of high intensity focused ultrasound (346 KB)
G.T. Clement Effect of High. May 2004.
Localized Prostate Cancer
Treatment by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU): Preliminary
Results (32 KB)
Dr.T Uchida, M.D. 2004.
Transrectal
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Localized
Prostate Cancer (663 KB)
T. Uchida, N. T. Sanghvi, T. Satoh, A. Irie,
T. Omata, S. Baba, M. O. Koch and T. A. Gardner. 2002
Transrectal High Intensity
Focuses Ultrasound for treatment of patients with Stage Tib-2N0M0
localized Prostate Cancer: A Preliminary Report (1.37 MB)
Presentation of preliminary clinical results of transrectal HIFU
in Stage T1b-2N0M0 prostate cancer. Dr. T Uchida, M.D. 2002.
Noninvasive Surgery
of Prostate Tissue by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: An Updated
Report (488 KB)
European Journal of Ultrasound.1999.
