ArticleCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2012
Focal magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound for prostate cancer: Initial North American experience.
Article in Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01226576 (Focal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Localized Low-Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Focal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Localized Low-Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Feasibility Study
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Overview of Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications and Safety Considerations: 2024 Update.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025Review
- Review of Robot-Assisted HIFU Therapy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- MR Imaging in Real Time Guiding of Therapies in Prostate Cancer.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Urethra-sparing surgery for a prostate cancer lesion in the anterior urethral zone with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound: a case report.Translational cancer research · 2021Article
- Magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound robotic system for transrectal prostate cancer therapy.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2021Article
- Deployable cylindrical phased-array applicator mimicking a concentric-ring configuration for minimally-invasive delivery of therapeutic ultrasound.Physics in medicine and biology · 2019Article
- Magnetic resonance guided focused high frequency ultrasound ablation for focal therapy in prostate cancer - phase 1 trial.European radiology · 2018Article
- Focal therapy using magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound in patients with localized prostate cancer.Journal of therapeutic ultrasound · 2016Article
- Update on Clinical Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Applications.Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America · 2015Review
- Review
- Imaging modalities in focal therapy: patient selection, treatment guidance, and follow-up.Current opinion in urology · 2014Review
- Prostate cancer: a consensus on trial design for focal therapy.Nature reviews. Urology · 2014Article
- Model-based feasibility assessment and evaluation of prostate hyperthermia with a commercial MR-guided endorectal HIFU ablation array.Medical physics · 2014Article
- Focal therapy for prostate cancer: rationale and treatment opportunities.Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2013Review
- [MR-guided focused ultrasound. Current and future applications].Der Radiologe · 2013Article
- MRI-guided biopsies and minimally invasive therapy for prostate cancer.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of IndiaReview
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The treatment of low-risk prostate cancer is a common clinical dilemma between standard curative whole gland therapy (and its associated quality of life diminishing side effects) and active surveillance (and its low, but real, risk of progression). The goal of focal therapy in low-risk prostate cancer is to achieve the best balance between cancer control and maintenance of quality of life. Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery is a non-invasive thermal ablation method that integrates magnetic resonance imaging for target identification, treatment planning and closed-loop control of thermal deposition and focused ultrasound for thermal ablation of the tumour target. This novel transrectal system allows for tumour localization, targeting and monitoring of tumour target ablation in real time, while simultaneously preserving adjacent normal tissue thereby minimizing the side effects of standard curative surgical or radiation therapy. We report the first North American clinical experience of treatment of localized prostate cancer with focal MR-guided transrectal focused ultrasound (clinicaltrial.gov identifier NCT01226576).
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