This week in Prostate Cancer News:
Whole gland TULSA-PRO outcomes: Is it time to give up on thermal ablation for prostate cancer? (2021, News Article)
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Full-gland TULSA-PRO seems to treat PSA without eradicating the cancer (see this link). In about
a third of favorable-risk patients, the cancer remained viable in spite of the thermal ablation. We see that compared to whole-gland SBRT, it is less curative, Severe (requiring intervention) acute urinary toxicity is higher with TULSA-PRO, although late-term Grade 2 urinary toxicity is lower (not severe for either therapy). Rectal toxicity is not an issue for either therapy. Potency preservation is good and about
equal for both.
It is hard to see why anyone would choose TULSA-PRO over SBRT. While focal ablation may incur less toxicity, the local recurrence rate will be higher. This trial suggests that TULSA-PRO is inferior, although only a direct randomized comparison could prove that."
[Emphasis mine] See also the links at the bottom for other uses of TULSA-PRO such as focal therapy.
Djin