The two procedures being used at the Jewish General are irreversible electroporation (IRE) as well as the high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU).
New treatment options for Montreal prostate cancer patients could mean big improvement in quality of life
Alex Brzezinski, who likes to keep in shape, is one of them. The 71 year-old plays tennis three times a week in addition to other sporting activities.So he keeps active, glad that his life hasn’t changed much despite undergoing treatment for prostate cancer last year. That’s thanks in part, his doctors say, to procedures that are changing the way physicians treat some forms of prostate cancer.
“You use a source of energy that can be high intensity focused ultrasound electricity, and others, to destroy the side that is affected by the significant cancer.”The two procedures being used at the Jewish General Hospital are irreversible electroporation as well as the high intensity focused ultrasound . The advantage — the whole prostate doesn’t have to be treated, as happens with other forms of treatment, Anidjar pointed out.
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