HIFU, or High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, uses powerful ultrasonic energy to destroy tissue deep within the body. UCLA now owns an FDA-approved HIFU device for non-invasive treatment of prostate cancer. This device shows incredible promise to destroy tumors with a reduced risk of side effects.
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Targeted Prostate Biopsy
-Largest Study of Targeted Biopsy
-Men whose cancer went undetected by conventional biopsy but was picked up by targeted prostate biopsy
-Why we use targeted biopsy to select men for active surveillance
-How we use patient-specific 3D printing to improve targeting
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A lecture by Leonard S. Marks (MD) at the Simms/Mann 2012 Insights Into Cancer series.
Technical overview of the procedure for MR-US fusion guided biopsy of the prostate.
An example of image fusion technology as employed by the United States military. Our group performs fusion of ultrasound and MRI images using many of the same principles.
Development of the targeting and fusion technology to enable focal laser therapy of prostate cancer.
Debate at the American Urology Association 2016 annual meeting, featuring Dr. Leonard Marks debating in favor of MRI for targeted prostate biopsy.
Dr. Leonard Marks lectures on contemporary management of Prostate Cancer.
UCLA's Targeted Prostate Biopsy program as reviewed in a special segment on KABC.
Award-Winning video honored at the American Urology Association 2014 Meeting.
KABC Eyewitness News covers UCLA's targeted prostate biopsy program on July 28th, 2014.
Originally posted on the JAMA network, this video covers a recently published NIH (National Institute of Health) study. Like UCLA, they concluded that MRI-US fusion biopsy is able to detect a greater number of serious cancers than traditional 'random systematic' biopsy.
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Dr. Marks sits down with the Artemis machine and explains the advantages gained by using this targeted prostate biopsy system.
Studio 11 LA interviews Dr. Leonard Marks and an active surveillance patient. 10 years ago, they decided not to treat his prostate cancer, instead monitoring it with yearly checkups and biopsies.
KNBC's Dr. Bruce Hensel reports on the UCLA targeted prostate biopsy program in "4 Your Health."
A report form has been created to make multi-disciplinary information from targeted prostate biopsy conveniently available,. The form, which is graphically rich, begins with the multi-parametric MRI entered by the radiologist, also includes images from the fusion biopsy and a full pathology report with representative histologic images. Online (in EPIC) the form is interactive; for offline viewing, a pdf can be created.
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Full details of fusion biopsy technique:
surgery.ucla.edu/prostate-cancer-diagnosis-via-ultrasound-mri-fusion
UCLA urologist Leonard Marks, MD, discusses the benefits of combining the sensitivity of MRI with the convenience of ultrasound to greatly increase accuracy of prostate biopsy. MRI fusion with ultrasound provides the ability to map and target biopsies.
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Full details of Prostate Biopsy: Targeted Biopsy Using MR-Ultrasound Fusion >
Channel 11 Highlights UCLA Active Surveillance Program Dr. Leonard Marks, a clinical professor of urology, was featured Sept. 2 in a Fox 11 News story on UCLA's active surveillance program that forgoes surgical treatment for prostate cancer patients in favor of close monitoring and periodic biopsies.
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