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.
The center is located at 4120 La Jolla Village Drive.
