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Event Date(s): 05/06/1996 | Event Location(s): Washington D C | Description: HEAT TREATMENT: NEW WAY TO FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER OVERHEAD SHOT OF A CROWDED CITY SIDEWALK SEEN. EDAP TECHNOMED; INC. VIDEO OF A HEALTH CARE WORKER TENDING TO MAN LYING ON EXAMINATION BED SEEN. COMPUTER SCREEN AND HEALTH CARE WORKER AT COMPUTER SEEN. IN INTERVIEW GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S DR. JAMES REGAN SAYS MEN HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH PROSTATE SYMPTOMS FOR YEARS AND NOW IT CAN BE CORRECTED WITHIN AN HOUR. GRAPHIC OUTLINE OF A MALE BODY'S LOWER MIDSECTION; ANIMATED BLADDER; URETHRA AND PROSTATE SEEN. PROSTATE SWELLS; A TUBE INSERTED IN URETHRA AND A GREEN SPHERE APPEARS IN BLADDER. RED GLOW ON PROSTATE AND SUPERS 111 DEGREES SEEN. (EDAP VIDEO) PROSTATE PATIENT HOWARD FIPPS (PH) SHOOTING BASKETS ON INDOOR COURT SEEN. IN INTERVIEW FIPPS SAYS WITH THE NEW PROCEDURE THERE IS NO BLEEDING; NO NEEDLES; YOU GET UP AND PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON. PHARMACISTS TALKING ON TELEPHONE AND STANDING BY LARGE BOTTLES OF MEDICATION SEEN. SURGEON AND NURSES OPERATING ON PATIENT AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SEEN. HAGER REPORTS ON-CAMERA. IN INTERVIEW NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S HERBERT LIPOR SAYS THERE ARE STILL RISKS WITH THE NEW PROCEDURE. PANNING SHOT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND AN EXAMINATION TABLE SEEN. MAN ON EXAMINATION TABLE AND SAME MAN WALKING OUT OF FRONT HOSPITAL DOORS SEEN. HAGER SIGNS OFF IN VO FROM WASHINGTON; D.C. TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH EXACT LOCATIONS Producers: NBC