Targeting prostate cancer with bursts of light could eradicate the tumours of thousands of men, a major trial has found. The technique, in which a light-sensitive chemical is activated by a laser when ...

A new technique for targeting radiotherapy at prostate cancer could improve treatment for aggressive disease that has spread into pelvic lymph nodes. Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, ...

Scientists at Heriot Watt University developed a cost-effective technique for faster, more accurate prostate cancer detection using ultrasound equipment, with a 94% success rate in early trials. The ...

A new, pioneering procedure was used to treat a record number of prostate patients in a day. Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust were able to break their record thanks to the use of a robot-assisted ...

Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnosis and thereby improve prostate cancer screening. Now, the same team ...

A technique to improve the precision of prostate cancer surgery means that almost twice as many men preserve their erectile function compared to those undergoing standard surgery, according to results ...

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