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CAPTAIN Trial Comparing Profound’s MRI-Guided TULSA Procedure™ to Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Successfully Meets Primary Safety Endpoint, Preservation of Erectile Function and Urinary Continence
– First multicenter, randomized controlled trial directly comparing a new technology to robotic RP for men with localized prostate cancer to successfully recruit to target enrollment – – TULSA treatment demonstrates a meaningful and statistically significant improvement over robotic RP in the preservation of erectile function together with continence at 6 months – TORONTO, March 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Profound Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) (“Profound” or the “Company”), a commercial
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