Painless treatment for prostate cancer debuts

Painless treatment for prostate cancer debuts

One in every seven men suffer from prostate cancer....
One in every seven men suffer from prostate cancer but many in the country are still unaware about the ailment and seek treatment only when the disease turns critical. City-based urologist Dr Ramesh Ramayya recently launched the non-invasive mode of treatment for prostate cancer through the robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Hifu) called Sonablate 500 HIFU in the city. This therapy destroys the cancerous tissue with rapid heat elevation by focusing ultrasound energy or sound waves at a specific location with temperatures rising to almost 90 degree Celsius in a matter of seconds. “A viable alternative to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment is a painless procedure performed after a prostate specific antigen (PSA) or blood test and a digital rectal exam,” Dr Ramayya told reporters in the city on Tuesday. The duration of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment differs depending on the size of prostate cancer. According to Dr Ramayya, the timing may vary between two and six hours. Claiming that the success rate is above 95 per cent, Dr Ramayya said even in case of patients with five per cent recurrence can be treated and cured. (Source: Deccan)