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Visiting Professor at Hadassah Urology Department, Jerusalem

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Prof Stricker was invited by Hadassah Urology Department to be the keynote speaker for their recent symposium on salvage treatments. In addition to teaching robotic surgery in theatre, he oversaw theatre setup for minimally invasive biopsies, established the MR fusion technology use and instructed the radiation oncology team on the use of brachytherapy. Prof Stricker […]

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NanoKnife (IRE) for localised prostate cancer

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Prof Stricker’s unit at St Vincent’s and the Kinghorn Cancer Centre has been appointed the Asia-Pacific region training centre for NanoKnife therapy. Professor Stricker’s team at St Vincent’s Hospital has now been appointed as the Asia-Pacific region training site for the development of NanoKnife treatments. Stricker and his team have now performed over 200 cases. During this period

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MRI Prostate Imaging

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Prof Stricker’s team has now presented the results of the key studies on mMRI of the Prostate by invitation in Australia, USA and Europe. His team have demonstrated it’s accuracy but cautions about how long it takes to develop the expertise to develop this accuracy. It has been shown that a negative MRI is 97%

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PSMA PET/CT Scan Accuracy

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Prof Stricker and A/Prof Emmett have recently published a study comparing PSMA PET/CT scan to the more established Choline PET-CT scan. It confirmed that PSMA PET/CT scaning is much more accurate. Prof Stricker is now conducting trials looking at patients with high-risk cancers using this new PET scanning to allow more appropriate therapy, particularly in high-volume,

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The UroLift Procedure

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Prof Stricker has introduced a new procedure for benign enlargement of the prostate to enable improvement in urinary function without affecting sexual function. The first case was performed at St Vincent’s in April 2015 and all patients were treated as day patients.   The treatment involves placing, at the time of cystoscopy, some needle placements to

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MRI and focal therapy at the recent American Urological Association

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Prof Stricker presented MRI and focal therapy results at the recent American Urological Association Annual Meeting. MRI was the most topical area at this meeting. His results confirmed the accuracy of multiparametric MRI of the prostate in highly experienced hands. Prof Stricker’s results confirmed the accuracy of multiparametric MRI of the prostate in highly experienced

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Visiting professor at the University Hospitals Case Medical Centre, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Prof Stricker was invited to be the visiting professor at the University Hospitals Case Medical Centre, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio for 2105. Whilst there he spoke about focal therapy, magnetic resonance imaging, robotic prostate surgery and his extensive experience in transperineal biopsy. The talks were very well received by the faculty

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Active surveillance trial

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    Prof Stricker, the chief investigator on the current Active Surveillance trial, said that the trial is running extremely well and accruing valuable data rapidly.    This trial is to assess the role of MRI in monitoring patients on active surveillance instead of using the traditional technique of biopsy.  Biopsies will be used but

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Irreversible Electroporation Focal Therapy (NanoKnife) now shown to be a safe and effective treatment in selected patients.

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A recent publication by Prof Stricker’s and Prof Emberton’s group in the journal Prostate Cancer and Prostate Diseases confirmed the safety of NanoKnife focal therapy in prostate cancer. Prof Stricker feels that this is a major advance in focal therapy as irreversible electroporation has significant potential advantages over all the other energy sources currently used

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Accuracy and safety of MRI/US targeted biopsies confirmed

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Prof Stricker now has perfected the technique of MR-ultrasound fusion biopsies using the safe transperineal technique but using the technology of MRI’s for accurate localisation. Using the Biojet system, Prof Stricker has perfected he technique of MR-ultrasound fusion biopsies, having now performed over 100. He confirmed that the MRI allows for accurate localisation. The procedure is

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