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| Dr. Michael K. Stehling |
A prostate cancer treatment center recently opened in La Jolla offering what it touts as a new image-guided treatment with few side effects and a quick recovery time.
The Prostate Center of San Diego specializes in irreversible electroporation, or NanoKnife, adopted for prostate treatment by Dr. Michael Stehling of the Prostate Center in Offenbach, Germany.
The procedure uses ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to pinpoint a tumor. It then works to destroy cancer cells while sparing the surrounding tissues. The center says most patients are on their feet the day after treatment.
Stehling is joined at the center by
- Dr. Ross E. Schwartzberg, a neuroradiologist who earned his medical degree at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and
- diagnostic radiologist Dr. James A. Cooper, a UC San Diego graduate who earned his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Irreversible Electroporation (NanoKnife®) to Treat Prostate Tumors | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Urologic surgeon Jonathan Coleman discusses a focal therapy for treating prostate tumors called irreversible electroporation (IRE) that involves the use a NanoKnife® device and small needles to deliver an electrical current to small, localized prostate tumors. The electrical current changes the electrical potential of microscopic prostatic cells, destroying their integrity and causing them to rupture. Ultrasound or CT is used to precisely focus the current on the tumor, sparing adjoining anatomical structures and reducing the risk of side effects.
It's interesting that you talked about how people can usually walk around the next day after the procedure. I have been looking for cancer treatments that might help my father. It would be really convenient to try a nano knife procedure, because he doesn't like to feel bedridden. http://www.atlasoncology.com/nanoknife-procedure-1.html
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