In 2021 Professor Peter Lim, the founder of the Society for Singapore & the Society for Men’s Health noted the alarming rise in Prostate Cancer in Singapore. The Prevalence rate was 3.2 per 100, 000 in Singapore in the year 1978 and today it exceeds 21 per 100,000. In the USA it is about 33 per 100,000. With the affluence & first world Status, Singapore is fast approaching Western rates of getting Prostate Cancer. The Gold standard of Treatment for the curable cases i.e. those in Stage I or Stage II is current Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Although the latter has improved the bad & sometimes tragic complication rates of Open Prostatectomy, the robotic prostatectomy still gives an alarming high rate of between 70-90 percent of Erectile Dysfunction & up to 70% of some degree of Urinary Stress Incontinence. Since Prof Lim started the Artificial Urinary Sphinceter implant for the sufferers of Incontinence in the past using the Continence Society & treated those with ED via his Society for Men’s Health, he has been searching for another way of treating this main Cancer affecting men with the complications mentioned.

As if his prayers were answer, the MRI Tulsa Pro was endorsed by the FDA of the USA & recently approved by the HAS of the Republic of Singapore. This Machine delivers “Directional Ultrasound” across the area of the Prostate affected by Cancer , annihilating it as it sweeps across the glan. It is done NON-surgically in an MRI chamber with a transurethral probe containing an antenna that emits the Ultrasound Waves. All this is done under direct Vision of high-resolution MRI giving rise to pinpoint accuracy & preserving areas not meant to be destroyed-this preserves essential areas of nerves for potency & muscle areas intended to maintain continence. We therefore have a one to one and half hours of non-invasive treatment that preserves function & avoiding surgery at all costs. Compared to Robotic surgery it costs only about two-thirds the price of Robotic Surgery & is painless with nearly zero side effects & complications.

The Paramount Prostate Centre was created by Prof Lim to have the first such machine in East & South Asia.

This Machine incidentally can be used to treat non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate (BPH) as well except that it is a little expensive to treat a benign condition as other cheaper methods are currently available but minus the pain free, easily executable noninvasive technique that the Tulsa Pro offers. For those who can afford it, well it is possible to use this method instead and have a “walk over” procedure that sends the patient home either on the same day as the treatment or at worst after an overnight stay.