New treatment for early stage prostate cancer.
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Surgeons have described a new treatment for early stage prostate cancer as "truly transformative"
The approach, tested across Europe, uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria to eliminate tumours, but without causing severe side effects.
Trials on 413 men - published in The Lancet Oncology - showed nearly half of them had no remaining trace of cancer.
Lifelong impotence and incontinence are often the price of treating prostate cancer with surgery or radiotherapy.
Up to nine-in-10 patients develop erectile problems and up to a fifth struggle to control their bladders.
That is why many men with an early stage tumour choose to "wait and see" and have treatment only when it starts growing aggressively.
"This changes everything," said Prof Mark Emberton, who tested the technique at University College London.
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uncklefester CaptainAl
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Sailor_Sam CaptainAl
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surfman012 CaptainAl
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philip1950 CaptainAl
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CaptainAl philip1950
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Thanks, I found the article in dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4044114 dated Wednesday, Dec 21st 2016 9PM. This looks promising as it enlarges the urethra and the device is removed after 5 days.
uncklefester philip1950
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uncklefester philip1950
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Thats the iTind implant. There is a discussion on this forum regarding that procedure
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/new-procedure-called-itind-501673?page=0#2474817
uncklefester kenneth1955
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dennis47445 CaptainAl
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Thank you for the news article. Lets hope they don't suppress this new technique. It will replace radiation and surgery, which is a huge money maker!
joe78408 CaptainAl
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Sounds very promising, I hope it's made available soon. I am also hoping the U.S. FDA will take a close look at this for the men here in need of an alternative to sugery.