Indiana Researchers Seek Prostate Cancer Patients
As reported by the Indychannel.coml:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Researchers in Indiana are searching for people who have recurrent prostate cancer. Doctors at the Indiana University School of Medicine are testing a procedure sing sound waves to zap malignant tissue without destroying healthy tissue. The procedure is done in the doctor’s office. Participants must be between the ages of 40 and 80 and have had radiation to treat prostate cancer.
Further information by calling (317) 278-3434.
What it means — Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-52 is recruiting for a trial of Ultrasound in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Aim is to “Determine the ability of Sonablate to focus ultrasound waves for the purpose of selectively destroying prostate cancer tissue, with resultant drop in PSA levels to below 0.5 ng/mL and negative biopsy for cancer cells, in patients with locally recurrent prostate cancer.”
Doctor in charge, Michael O. Koch, MD, Study Chair, Indiana University School of Medicine