I'm a prostate cancer survivor. Thank God I'm alive~~~Donald Tavie "A musical genius and native of Texas" How Does HIFU Work Against Prostate Cancer?

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I'm a prostate cancer survivor. Thank God I'm alive.

Here's my Testimony~~~Donald Tavie

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Tavie’ a musical genius and native of Texas migrated to the big city of dreamers – Los Angeles, California when he was five-years old. He attended San Diego Military Academy where he graduated with honors. He became the 1st Black Battalion Commander in the country. These prestigious accomplishments and accolades rewarded him with several choices of universities and colleges from which to attend. West Point, University of Southern California (USC) and UCLA in sports and in academics. But Tavie’s heart burned with desire for another love -- the love of music.

He is an established musician, singer, song-writer, producer and engineer.

Tavie’ has teamed up with such celebrity greats as Quincy Jones,

Stevie Wonder,

Mary J Blige,

Norman Connors,

Bobby Lyle,

Peabo Bryson,

Luther Vandross,

Gerald Albright,

Chaka Khan,

Patti LaBelle,

Earth, Wind & Fire,

The Gap Band,

Anita Baker,

Natalie Cole,

Kevin Tony and

Chante’ Moore. And the Rap Game is in his portfolio, too.

Dr. Dre’,

LL Cool J,

founder of- Karupt,

the late Tupac (DBL-Platinum) and Easy-E (Dbl-Platinum) just to name a few.

Tavie’ has made numerous television appearances on award shows such as the Grammy’s,

Soul Train Music,

MTV

and BET Awards.

He has also been around the world and back again with one of the best Funk groups in the world – LAKESIDE.

Tavie’ has been touring the world for the past 24 years playing the keyboards and singing lead with the group.

Tavie’ presently owns a recording studio and production company – ANOTHER HIT PRODUCTIONS, LOS ANGELES. He produces his own artists as well as is a certified PROTOOLS – DIGI-DESIGN instructor, the industry’s newest recording format.

On record store shelves you will find Tavie’s latest works with Chaka Khan

and Prince – COME INTO MY HOUSE. Also jazz producer, Norman Connor’s, Starr Power and ETERNITY, featuring Tavie', Lisa Fischer, Peabo Bryson, Gerald Albright,

Angela Bofil, and Grammy-award winner, Norman Brown. Look for Bobby Lyle’s POWER OF TOUCH which Tavie’ also produced and engineered. Today’s air-waves rotate Tavie’ singing his own work on the Norman Connor’s ETERNITY, songs entitled We’re still friends, a Donnie Hathaway classic and Not Just Another Love Song written by Tavie’ featuring Gerald Albright. We're Still Friends was #1 in England on the jazz charts for 5 weeks. Tavie's current project The Best Kept Secret is online everywhere featuring Marion Meadows, Paul Jackson and Gerald Albright.

Tavie’s is the musical genius!

I'M A PROSTATE CANCER SURVIVOR Listen to my testimony Donald Tavie- Member of 80s band Lakeside 4/21/2010 - MZN PROMOTION... www.blogtalkradio.com How Does HIFU Work Against Prostate Cancer? In order to understand the basic concept of how HIFU works, an analogy can be drawn between HIFU ablating the prostate and sunrays entering a magnifying glass to burn a leaf. When a magnifying glass is held above a leaf in the correct position on a sunny day the sunrays intersect below the lens and cause the leaf to burn at the point of intersection. If you insert your hand into the path of either one of the sun rays individually, away from the point of intersection, there is no significant heat felt or harm caused. Alternatively, if you place your hand at the point of intersection you will be burned. The scientific principles at work in this example are the same as those with HIFU. Instead of light as the energy source, HIFU utilizes sound. Instead of a magnifying glass HIFU uses a transducer. Just as the individual sunray is harmless to the hand, and individual sound wave is harmless to the healthy tissue it travels through. During HIFU, the physician uses continuously updated real-time images of the prostate to map out and execute the entire treatment plan. These images show treatment progression and permit the physician to customize treatment for maximum safety and effectiveness

What is the Sonablate^® 500 and How Does it Treat Prostate Cancer?

The Sonablate^® 500 (SB500) is a minimally invasive medical device, developed by Focus Surgery Inc.(Indianapolis, IN) that uses High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to treat prostate cancer and BPH.

The Sonablate® is the only HIFU device for prostate cancer that does not regularly require a TURP procedure prior to treatment in order to achieve effective results.

The Sonablate® uses a single transducer to obtain real-time images of the prostate during treatment and provide treatment in multiple treatment zones. The Sonablate® software allows the surgeon to customize each treatment zones in order to safely ablate the entire gland.

This image illustrates in the Sector (Transverse) and Linear (Longitudinal) view how the Sonablate® 500 HIFU beam is precisely focused and delivered into the prostate gland. (image courtesy of Takai Hospital Supply Co., Japan)

The technology behind the device originated at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis in the 1970s. It was further developed in leading research centers across the globe.

Steps to Sonablate^® HIFU

1. Image & Measure the Prostate: Sophisticated Sonablate software allows physician to image the prostate in both the transverse and sagittal modes in real time.

2. Plan Sonablate^® HIFU Therapy: Using unique, breakthrough scientific capabilities, the Sonablate® allows physician to create a custom treatment plan for each patient using 2D & 3D images in multiple treatment zones, as well as integrated Neurovascular Bundle Detection. Physicians have flexibility to use either 3 cm or 4 cm transducer to customize each therapy and accommodate prostates with AP diameter of up to 4.0 cm.

3. Refine & Customize Treatment Plan: After therapy is planned, it can be refined using 2D & 3D visualization of the prostate and the plan. This makes the procedure precise and completely customizable.

4. Start Sonablate^® HIFU. Monitor & Adjust During Therapy: With Sonablate® HIFU technology, physicians monitor therapy continuously to ensure patient safety. Doctors may be able to adjust rectal wall distance and energy levels to achieve optimal outcomes.

5. Final Review: After each treatment zone is complete, physicians have another opportunity to review the case and add additional treatment if needed. After all treatment zones have sufficiently been treated and reviewed, Sonablate® HIFU is complete.

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Tissue Change Monitoring (TCM), is a unique quantitative software module exclusively designed for the Sonablate 500 that monitors real-time tissue changes during HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) therapy for the treatment of malignant and benign prostate disease. TCM provides feedback on the status of the ablative therapy in real time so the physician knows exactly what is happening to the prostatic tissue during HIFU. Features of TCM • Real-Time Feedback of HIFU therapy by tissue response • Dual Stack with Synchronization • Color Overlay Display • Visualization Guidance Tools • Focal Point Markers • Precise Adjustment of Power Dosage How does TCM work? A radio frequency (RF) signal is sent to a treatment site prior to delivery of HIFU and then another signal is sent after delivery of HIFU in the same treatment site. TCM calculates the change that took place and displays it on-screen. 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