Lebanon recently performed the first HIFU procedure for prostate cancer at St. Clair using advanced new ultrasound technology. This makes St. Clair the first health-care system in the Pittsburgh region to offer the technology. Dr. Kevin Bordeau, urologic surgeon with St. Clair Medical Group, performed the HIFU procedure at St. Clair using high-intensity ultrasound waves precisely focused on cancerous prostate tissue. “There’s a special type of PET scan for prostate cancer called a PMSA PET scan, and these are relatively new in the world of prostate cancer,” says Bordeau. You can treat the areas you still see on MRI.”The HIFU procedure is done in a single session under general anesthesia and is non-invasive, requiring no incision or radiation.