
What HIFU for prostate cancer:
When high frequency sound waves are concentrated on body
tissues, those tissues heat up and die. To use this as a cancer
treatment, the specialist targets the area containing the cancer.
Because the prostate
is deep within the pelvis, you have HIFU for prostate cancer by putting
an ultrasound probe into your back passage (rectum). Doctors call this a
transrectal probe. From that position, the ultrasound can...