Maimonides is at the forefront of this progressive treatment, creating innovative and personalized treatment plans with single-day treatments. Focal HIFU destroys prostate cancer cells using the energy from high-frequency sound waves, while leaving the healthy areas of the prostate intact and functional.

This technology delivers high-voltage electrical pulses from a generator through pairs of electrodes to create permanent holes in prostate cancer cell membranes that lead to cell death. This treatment, which is not heat-based, is tailored to the shape and location of the prostate tumor, and preserves vital structures such as blood vessels, muscles and nerves.

The Maimonides Prostate Center is first in Brooklyn and among the first nationally to make this emerging minimally-invasive single-day treatment widely available for patients with prostate cancer.

More patients now have access to targeted therapy with far fewer side effects, thanks to Maimonides Medical Center, now the first hospital in Brooklyn to employ focal treatment of prostate cancer. This innovative new minimally-invasive technology allows surgeons to precisely target and destroy diseased tissue in a patient, without a surgical incision, heat or radiation, thus also protecting surrounding healthy tissues — like blood vessels, muscles and nerves. NanoKnife technology, which is not based on using heat to destroy tumors, can also be used close to sensitive areas like the muscles involved in urinary control, with minimal risk of incontinence.

Our specialists use minimally invasive, robotic technology to surgically remove the prostate. This advanced technology enhances precision and leads to better outcomes. Learn about prostatectomy.

We offer several different radiation therapies, including internal radiation (brachytherapy) and external beam radiation, including 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). We’re among a few centers nationwide offering an injectable form of radiation to treat prostate cancer that has spread to bones.

Other treatment options include androgen deprivation (hormone) therapy and chemotherapy. We also offer immunotherapy for cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and doesn’t respond to other treatments. Learn about these therapies.