Your HIFU Treatment
Who is a Candidate for HIFU with the Sonablate® 500?
Sonablate® HIFU may be effective for men who have early stage, localized prostate cancer that has not spread or metastasized outside the prostate. It is recommended that you discuss your individual medical records and history with a physician in order to confirm whether or not you are a candidate for Sonablate® HIFU.
Sonablate® HIFU may also be an effective therapy for recurrent prostate cancer when patients may not have any other treatment options.
Many patients, who have had primary therapy for prostate cancer, experience a rise in PSA years later and discover that the cancer is back. These patients may be candidates for the Sonablate® HIFU treatment as well.
Treatment Options Comparison
| Treatment | Description | Selected Risks* | Expected Recovery | Selected Outcomes |
| High Intensity | Minimal invasive use of | In approved | Temporary catheter worn for | *94% biochemical disease free |
| Focused Ultrasound | intersecting, precision- | countries | approximately 2 weeks; | survival rate at 4 years |
| (HIFU) as approved | focused ultrasound waves | * Incontinence:2-3% | resume normal lifestyle | *87% negative biopsy rate at |
| and used outside | to ablate diseased tissue | * Impotence:20-30% | almost immediately | 6 months |
| the US | ||||
| Radical | Major surgery to remove | *Incontinence:4-34% | 2-3 day hospital stay; catheter | *85-91% biochemical disease |
| Prostatectomy | prostate; can be open | *Impotence:51-80% | for 2-3 weeks for open surgery | free survival at 2 years |
| retropubic, laparoscopic or | shorter hospitalization and few | *68-72% biochemical disease | ||
| robotic | postoperative complications | free survival at 10 years | ||
| for robotic procedures | ||||
| External Beam | 6-8 weeks treatment, beaming | *Incontinence: 4-7% | Five treatments per week for | *78% survival rate at 5 years |
| Radiation | radiation through healthy | *Impotence: 41-62% | 6-8 weeks; up to 2months | *55-65% biochemical disease |
| tissues | *Bowel problems | fatigue after full course of | free survival at 5 years; | |
| more common than | treatment | 49% at 10 years | ||
| with other | ||||
| treatments | ||||
| Internal | Minimally invasive implants | *Incontinence:3-18% | 1-2 hour procedure with | 85-91% biochemical disease |
| Radiation Seeds | of radiation seeds in the | *Impotence:44-58% | possible overnight stay; | free survival at 10-12 years |
| (Brachytherapy) | prostate | return to normal activities | ||
| within a few day |
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