[ConservativeMind]

This outpatient approach appears to get rid of the intermediate-risk prostate cancer, leaving the low risk cancer for continued “active surveillance.”

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[packagingguy]

They use this type of ultrasound in cosmetic medicine to tighten skin.

[Arlis]

I had TULSA (Trans Urethral Ultrasound Ablation) of my Gleason 7/Stage I prostate cancer in Aug. of 2020, just FDA approved in Dec. ‘19. Out-patient....3 hour procedure.

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[DPMD]

don’t want to control cancer by watching it grow; better to get rid of it period. One aspect of medicine’s attitude toward prostate cancer is to be too benign toward it. It’s generally said that it’s so slow growing that a man is virtually guaranteed five years of life after its discovery. And this is the basis of “active surveillance.” The problem with the approach is that the man continues aging toward that time when he’ll be told that he’s just too old for the surgery. Foolish to settle for the “five years” while it progresses to that stage that guarantees a horrible and painful death.

[gleeaikin]

I clicked both the top and bottom Medical Express links and they both delivered that same article about LIVER cells. Please post the correct link. The man I love is about to have prostate surgery for grade 2 and 3 malignant cells, and we need to have information about whether this other approach would be better.

[norwaypinesavage]

I recently (3 months ago) went from ‘Active Surveillance’ to MRI guided focal treatment. My focal specialist chose cryogenics instead of the ultra-sound, though he did both. He said I was an ideal candidate for the cryogenics. My PSA has dropped from a high of nearly 10 at one point, down to 2 now, the same as it was nearly 40 years ago. I switched from AS to the treatment after a change in PSA and MRI last fall.

[ptsal]

Bkmk

[steve86]

I would never let them subject me to a prostate biopsy or even digital exam so I guess I’ll never know what killed me.

[minnesota_bound]

Would playing AC/DC be better?

[ConservativeMind]

Please replace the link with this:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-hifu-prostate.html

The wrong study link is currently attached.