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TULSA, ultrasound waves against prostate cancer

Excellent success rate, tumors eliminated to the millimeter, farewell complications: TULSA, ultrasound waves against prostate cancer

December 3 2019
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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Senior man receiving an MRI Scan. Doctor is in the background.

Senior man receiving an MRI Scan. Doctor is in the background.

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The new method is hailed as a promising alternative to treatments involving surgery and radiation. With excellent results.

A medical team has developed a method called TULSA. Ultrasound waves, ultrasound pulses targeted to eliminate prostate cancer entirely and successfully in 65% of cases with few side effects.

The new method, detailed in a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), could be a promising alternative to surgery. The hopes are very encouraging.

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, second only to skin cancer. It is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men. This is why science studies new, revolutionary diagnostic methods and care.

Traditional treatments involving surgery and radiation have proven difficult due to their heavy side effects. Strong risks of impotence, incontinence or intestinal dysfunction.

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This new technique avoids the major risks associated with prostate cancer treatment by relying on a rod-shaped device. It is inserted into the urethra and uses MRI to focus precise ultrasound pulses on tumors, heating and destroying them. The surrounding areas remain completely intact.

The minimally invasive method, called transurethral ultrasound ablation guided by magnetic resonance (TULSA). It has been used on 115 men suffering from localized prostate cancer.

According to the researchers, in 80% of cases, most of the signs of prostate cancer were eliminated. All signs disappeared in 65% of cases after one year.

Overall, no intestinal complications have been reported. Most men have seen reduced antigen markers in the blood for prostate cancer.

TULSA, ultrasound waves against prostate cancer
TULSA, the method that uses ultrasound waves to fight prostate cancer.

StevenRaman, study co-author and professor of radiology and urology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), explained:

“It is an outpatient procedure with minimal recovery times. We have found excellent results in patients, with a dramatic reduction of over 90% in prostate volume and low impotence rates almost without incontinence."

There are two truly unique things about this TULSA system. First, you can control much more precisely where you will treat, preserving continence and sexual function.

Secondly, you can do this for both diffuse and localized prostate cancer and benign diseases, including benign hyperplasia. "

TULSA is already approved for clinical use in Europe and has the US Food and Drug Administration 510 (k) clearance for prostate tissue ablation nationwide.

The researchers hope that the follow-up studies support the initial results of the clinical trials.

If so, the technique will become an important tool in the fight against prostate cancer and other similar ailments.

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