Transurethral Hyperthermia

This was discussed a couple of years ago on this board and would like to see if anyone has any new anecdotes or research they can share.

My take away from the information I could find (to include the URL below) is that folks with localized cancer do very well with transurethral hyperthermia. It seems to be a solid approach to help folks who are using active surveillance keep their cancer from growing.

When I speak to one of the clinics I'm going to ask for more research but I did find this older article:

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/107628001753312130

Would like to connect with folks that have been to Germany for this treatment or from those who considered going but decided not to go after doing their research.

Bob

Hyperthermia is rarely used in the US, I'm finding out. I had it done via the perineum in 2009 as part of HDR brachy. The sensation is like mild continuous electric shock for 35 minutes. Not pleasant but I was able to cope with it in a strange way. The therapy worked as far as the prostate goes, but could do nothing for distant micro mets.

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Age 64 in 2015
12/02 PSA 2.9 age 51
9/03 BX/DX, Gleason 6, 4 of 12 cores
9/03 Brachytherapy
5/08 PSA nadir 1.1
12/08 PSA 1.8
2/09 BX/DX, Gleason 8, 1 of 12 cores
6/09 Hyperthermic Radiation (HDR brachy), Hormone (short term), IMRT (10 fractions) spring 2009
10/09 PSA nadir < 0.1 10/09 through 01/12
4/12 PSA 0.2
3/14 PSA 2.9
5/14 C11 Acetate PT/CT, found 2.0 cm lymph node
5/14 Lupron/Casodex (9 months)
8/14 nadir <0.01
2/15 SBRT to node, at UCSD
3/15 PSA 0.02,T=0
6/15 PSA<0.015,T=105 (yippee!)
9/15 PSA<0.1 (Quest), T=278
12/31/15 PSA<0.015 (Labcorp)