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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: First experiences using transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) as a promising focal approach to treat localized prostate cancer: a monocentric study

ID

Initial Gleason score

ISUP/ D’Amico

Ablation mode

Initial

PSA

ng/ml

Follow-up

PSA

ng/ml

Follow-up MRI-PI-RADS

Follow-up histopathology from MRI/ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy, infield (i) / outfield (o)

Specific characteristic

1

7a

2/ir

focal

8

4.22

4

7a (i + o)

artifact during TULSA

2

7a

2/ir

focal

7.1

4.1

4

7a (o)

 

3

7a

2/ir

focal

5

2.9

2

no malignancy

 

4

7a

2/ir

focal

10.3

1.59

2

no malignancy

 

5

6

1/lr

whole-gland

6.2

0.01

2

NA

 

6

7a

2/ir

whole-gland

7.05

0.15

2

no malignancy

 

7

7a

2/ir

focal

9.15

0.75

2

no malignancy

 

8

7a

2/ir

focal

8.1

4.6

2

no malignancy

 

9

6

1/lr

whole-gland

9.5

0.34

2

no malignancy

 

10

7a

2/ir

focal

5.5

5.5

2

NA

 

11

7a

2/ir

focal

3.46

4.23

4

7a (i + o)

 

12

7a

2/ir

focal

7.3

0.43

2

no malignancy

 

13

6

1/lr

focal

6.4

3.25

2

NA

 

14

7a

2/ir

whole-gland

8.8

0.71

2

NA

 

15

7a

2/ir

focal

9.1

2.37

2

no malignancy

 

16

7a

2/ir

focal

5.5

1.4

2

NA

 

17

7a

2/ir

focal

7.13

1.26

2

no malignancy

 

18

6

1/lr

focal

5

 

NA

NA

Lost to follow-up

19

7a

2/ir

focal

2.6

1.78

3

7b (o)

 

20

7a

2/ir

focal

5.33

3.05

4

NA

Lymph-node metastasis diagnosed with PSMA-PET

Salvage treatment after previous radiotherapy

21

No GS after radiotherapy

whole-gland, salvage

4.5

0.08

3

no malignancy

Later diagnosed with bone metastasis

22

No GS after radiotherapy

whole-gland, salvage

9.53

0.06

NA

NA

Patient refused MRI and Biopsy at PSA 0.1 ng/ml

  1. PSA = prostate specific antigen, NA = not available, i = infield, o = outfield, D’Amico: lr = low risk, ir = intermediate risk, ISUP = International Society of Urological Pathology