New prostate cancer treatment in trial stage

HIFU treatment - which stands for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound - is more accurate by delivering energy only to a specific area without damaging surrounding areas. Targeting only a certain acrea,  HIFU doesn’t harm the rest of the prostate and has fewer side effects than standard treatments like surgery and radiation. Incontinence? No, no incontinence after HIFU therapy.

Right now clinical trials for HIFU are for patients whose prostate cancer has come back. But if it gets FDA approval, the technique could also be used on patients who are diagnosed for the first time. HIFU is already approved for use in many other parts of the world including Canada and Mexico.