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Access to HIFU treatment
lAs of today, there are a few centres offering HIFU, but as the encouraging results of HIFU research, such as the CHRONOS study, more centres and Urologists are now offering HIFU. Further, NHS reimbursement rates for HIFU have increased.
Further a charity, Prost8 has a campaign to raise money, with the specific purpose of providing focal therapy (HIFU, Nanoknife and Crotherapy) at 12 centres around the country.
This page will be updated as these centres ‘come on line’ .We strongly encourage you to donate.
Finally there is the PART trial, participating hospitals are listed below by region. The objective of the PART tria is to determine if partial prostate ablation/focal therapy (e.g., HIFU, Nanoknife) provides similar cancer control to Radical Prostatectomy, External Beam Radiotherapy or Brachytherapy while reducing functional side effects and improving quality of life. If you apply to join the trial, you will be randomly assigned to one of these treatments. REMEMBER YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION if you are not offered HIFU or Nanoknife. You can refuse and then ask to be referred to an NHS centre offering focal treatment.
If you are considering paying for the treatment yourself, an alternative to the main UK centres is the Clinic for Prostate Therapy, Heidelberg. The centre has 30 years of experience with focal treatment and at €12,000 is significantly cheaper than the £15,000 UK self pay rate. Surgeons offering HIFU in Heidelburg are listed below and speak excellent English.
Currently where to access HIFU treatment is via the following Urologists and their teams who offer a HIFU service. Remember you are perfectly entitled to ask to be referred to these Consultants and their teams, both on the NHS and privately.
HIFU treatment for prostate cancer recurrance following Radiotherapy is offered by Professor Hashim Ahmed, Taimur Shah and Tim Larner.
London – where to access HIFU
Professor Mark Emberton
Professor of Interventional Oncology
Dean of UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences
University College Hospitals London NHS Trusts.
Professor Caroline Moore
Professor of Urology
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
Professor Taimur Shah
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Professor Taimur Shah
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Clément Orczyk
Consultant Urological Surgeon
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
Professor Hashim U Ahmed
Chair of Urology and Consultant Urological Surgeon
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Charing Cross Hospital
Mr Manit Ayra
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Charing Cross Hospital
Imperial College Heathcare NHS Trust
Miss Mariana Bertoncelli Tanaka FRCS (Urol)
Consultant Urlogical Surgeon
Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Alistair Grey
Consultant Urological Surgeon
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
Mr John Withington
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Urology
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr John Withington
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Urology
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
Professor Richard Hindley
Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
and
HCA Princess Grace Hospital
42-52 Nottingham Place
London W1U 5NY
Mr Raj Nigam
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Royal Surrey County NHS Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Alistair Gray
St Bartholowmew’s Hospital
West Smithfield
London
EC1A 7BE
United Kingdom
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The following Urological Surgeons for the Focal Therapy Clinic and operate out of London, the Midlands and Southampton,
Alan Doherty, Raj Nigam, Tim Dudderidge and Marc Laniado.
There contact details are listed on this page
South and South East
Mr Manit Ayra
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Charing Cross Hospital
Imperial College Heathcare NHS Trust
Mr Amr Emara
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Richard Hindley
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Chris Blick
Consultant Urological Surgeon
London Rd
Reading RG1 5AN
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Edward Streeter
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Ethelbert Rd
Canterbury CT1 3NG
Consultant Urological Surgeon
University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Marc Laniado and Rajan Nigam refer NHS patients to University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
University College Hospitals London NHS Trust
Mr Mark Laniado
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust
and
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Mark Laniado
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Wexham Park Hospital
Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust
Slough SL2 4HL
Both Mr Tim Larner and Mr Paimaun Zakikhani also use HIFU as a ‘salvage’ therapy when there is a recurrence of prostate cancer following radiotherapy.
Patients are referred to them for salvage via their Oncologist
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Princess Royal Hospital
University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Paimaun Zakikhani
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Brighton
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
South West
Ms Lucy Simmons
Consultant Urological Surgeon
The Royal United Hospital Bath
NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Urological Surgeon and
Associate Medical Director Cancer Services
The Royal United Hospital Bath
NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Raj Persad
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Southmead Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust
Note: Currently HIFU is only available privately from Professor Persad
East
Professor P. Cristian Ilie
Consultant Urological Surgeon
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
HIFU service will commence mid November 23
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Note: Currently HIFU is only available privately, NHS soon
Mr Jaspal Virdi
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Ramsay Rivers Hospital
Sawbridgeworth
Note: Retired from NHS, HIFU is only available privately
Midlands
Mr Chandran Tanabalan
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Northampton General Hospital
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Tom Leslie
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Churchill Hospital
Oxford OX3 7LE
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Note: Retired from the NHS
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Altan Omer
Consultant Urological SurgeonUniversity Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Rd
Coventry CV2 2DX
Site Contact:
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Uwais Mufti
Consultant Urological Surgeon
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
St James’s University Hospital
Beckett St, Harehills
Leeds LS9 7TF
Site Contact:
Mr Oliver Hulson
Scotland
PART TRIAL
Remember if you are not offered focal therapy you can refuse to join the trial
Mr Abhishek Sharma
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road South
Edinburgh EH4 2XU
Heidelberg, Germany
Dr Martin Loehr
Consultant Urological Surgeon
The Clinic for Prostate Therapy
Heidelberg
Dr Thomas Dill
Consultant Urological Surgeon
The Clinic for Prostate Therapy
Heidelberg
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