Saturday, July 11, 2009

Sound Waves Treat Prostate Cancer With Fewer Side Effects

An Experimental cancer therapy for prostate cancer may be able to treat men without surgery and offer fewer side effects according to the results of a UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Wednesday).

A group of 172 men with prostate cancer that had not spread were treated under general anaesthetic with High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) - which uses sound waves to kill cancer cells. The trial took place at two centres - University College Hospital in London and the privately owned Princess Grace Hospital, also in London.

Read more at Medical News Today.

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