Prostate cancers are either low-grade, low-risk forms that may be monitored but otherwise untreated, or they’re serious enough to require surgery and radiation. Monitoring can cause patients anxiety.

Sonablate, a medical technology company focused on non-invasive prostate cancer treatment using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) , today announced the appointment of Brad Saar, former ...

Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company, today announced the continued expansion of its U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Francis Medical’s Vanquish device for treating intermediate-risk prostate cancer has been cleared by the US Food and Drug ...

Francis Medical has obtained $80 million in venture capital funding to support the development of its water vapor ablation therapy for cancers of the prostate, kidneys and bladder. The series C round ...

Industry trade associations made the case for revisions to draft guidance on clinical testing recommendations for prostate tissue ablation devices in comments earlier this month. The Medical Imaging & ...

AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGO, yesterday, announced the receipt of the FDA’s 510(k) clearance for the NanoKnife System for prostate tissue ablation. The clearance for the NanoKnife System for prostate ...

Peer-reviewed findings demonstrate high disease control and quality-of-life preservation, supporting shift toward focal therapy in prostate treatment “The publication of the PRESERVE study in European ...

Prostate cancer patients may soon have a new option to treat their disease: laser heat. UCLA researchers have found that focal laser ablation - the precise application of heat via laser to a tumor - ...

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) issued draft guidance Tuesday to support clinical testing of high-intensity ultrasound systems for ...

Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Maple Grove, Minn., today announced that Aaron ...

Francis Medical announces commercial expansion of Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation with first commercial procedures to ablate targeted prostate tissue in Southeast: Minneapolis, Minn ...