{"id":14644,"date":"2020-01-09T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14644"},"modified":"2020-01-09T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:33:39","slug":"new-prostate-cancer-treatment-tulsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/prostate\/new-prostate-cancer-treatment-tulsa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Prostate Cancer Treatment: TULSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although some prostate cancer treatments can come with a slew of side effects, a new tool called TULSA is both accurate and free from the usual side effects of treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What is TULSA?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TULSA is MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation and it\u2019s very different than the two most common treatment options for prostate cancer: radiation therapy and surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While surgery and radiation are both typically effective treatments, they can come with side effects, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> erectile dysfunction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> incontinence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bowel issues<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TULSA is a minimally invasive procedure that can target the cancer without harming the nearby healthy muscle and tissue. It\u2019s done during an MRI scan so surgeons can see what they\u2019re doing in great detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The procedure uses a rod-shaped tool to apply heat to the cancerous tissue via ultrasound generators. Using special software, the doctor can adjust each of the 10 ultrasound generators in terms of their strength, shape and target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUnlike with other ultrasound systems on the market, [we] can monitor the ultrasound ablation process in real time and get immediate MRI feedback of the thermal dose and efficacy,\u201d explains Steve S. Raman, co-author of the research, which was presented at the Radiological Society of North America. \u201cIt\u2019s an outpatient procedure with minimal recovery time.\u201d In fact, the entire procedure averages only 51 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Almost no side effects<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the research, 115 men with a low or intermediate risk of non-metastasized prostate cancer, TULSA eliminated clinically significant cancer in 80% of them. One year after treatment, the men\u2019s prostate size had decreased from 39 cc to 3.8 cc. Also, after one year, 65% of the men were cancer-free in biopsies and their levels of PSA had dropped by an average of 95%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, there was a significant reduction of more than 90% in prostate volume, as well as low rates of impotence and almost zero incontinence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TULSA is already approved in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although some prostate cancer treatments can come with a slew of side effects, a new tool called TULSA is both accurate and free from the usual side effects of treatment. What is TULSA? 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