HIFU to treat Prostate Cancer???

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There is a lower risk treatment option for prostate cancer, called focal therapy. By far one of the most commonly used contemporary modes of focal therapy is High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), but is it right for your case?

Video Discussing Focal Therapy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_t0KlCJh4&t=3s
Link to Find a HIFU Provider: https://focalone.com/physician-finder-map-2025/

References to Clinical Trial Data Related to HIFU:
Nahar et al. 2024 Survival Outcomes and Recurrence Patterns Following Focal High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405456924002463

Ploussard et al 2025 Whole-gland or Subtotal High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Versus Radical Prostatectomy: The Prospective, Noninferiority, Nonrandomized HIFI Trial : https://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(24)02701-5/abstract

Ahdoot et al 2021Contemporary treatments in prostate cancer focal therapy: https://journals.lww.com/co-oncology/fulltext/2019/05000/contemporary_treatments_in_prostate_cancer_focal.14.aspx

Heard et al 2023, Focal prostate cancer therapy in the era of multiparametric MRI: a review of options and outcomes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35246609/
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