Has anyone tried Tulsa Pro heat ablation for stage 2 prostate cancer?

Tulsa Pro is a newer focal therapy option that uses MRI-guided focused ultrasound for precise heat treatment. While it's FDA-approved and available at select medical centers, it's still considered an emerging treatment with limited long-term data compared to more established options. Many patients in similar situations find it helpful to discuss all available treatments with their oncology team, including traditional approaches and newer technologies like this one, to understand which might be the best fit for their specific case and circumstances.

Dear Peter D: I’m Stage 1 Gleason 4+4 localized now 3 years post diagnosis and 2 years post treatment with radiation and ADT. I am not familiar with your recommended treatment but I say by all means TAKE IT—if it allows you to avoid the living hell I’ve been through and now see it accomplished essentially nothing. You are only intermediate risk, not high. If you’re also physically fit, odds are you’ve got time for the more conventional and highly destructive treatments if they ever prove necessary. If I had it to do over I’d take no treatment and risk the cancer to avoid my two years of castration with its near destruction of my marriage and extreme health debilitations. I wish I’d had your doctor!

Dave S, sorry for the delay in responding. I just had the TULSA procedure 2 weeks ago so don't know how successful it will be but so far I feel good. Had catheter for 8 days which is not fun. Currently still have very slow flow and sometimes showing blood in urine. I had to have the entire prostate treated due to the size and location of the 2 tumors present. I found the TULSA procedure online, my care team in Seattle only offered surgery or radiation. I just had double hernia surgery and have ongoing pain ever since so looked for alternatives. Eventually found Dr Mashni in Banner cancer center in Gillbert AZ. His entire team has been wonderful. Have a follow up Dec 30 for scans and blood work so hopefully I get good results.