Semin intervent Radiol 2017; 34(02): 187-200
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602710
Review Article
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Therapeutic Ultrasound and Prostate Cancer

Karthik M. Sundaram
1   Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
,
Sam S. Chang
2   Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
,
David F. Penson
2   Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
,
Sandeep Arora
1   Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
2   Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Publication Date:
01 June 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Therapeutic ultrasound approaches including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) are emerging as popular minimally invasive alternative treatments for localized, low-to-intermediate risk prostate cancer. FDA approval was recently granted for two ultrasound-guided HIFU devices. Clinical trials for devices using MRI guidance are ongoing. The current level of evidence for whole-gland ultrasound ablation suggests that its clinical efficacy and adverse event rates including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence are similar to current definitive therapies such as radical prostatectomy and external-beam radiotherapy. Short-term data suggest that more focal therapy could reduce the rates of adverse events.