Here are five points:
1. The partnership will expand HIFU treatment centers in the United States.
2. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound is a noninvasive, radiation-free procedure that uses ultrasound waves to heat and kill tissue in the prostate.
3. Surgeons perform the one-time procedure in an outpatient setting.
4. The FDA cleared HIFU for prostate ablation in October 2015.
5. The HIFU treatment center in Columbus represents the seventh of such centers in the nation.
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