Prostate news article, January 2008
NHS U-TURN ON PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT A life-saving treatment will be denied to tens of thousands of victims of Britain's most common male cancer after a U-turn by the NHS rationing body. Article by Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph |
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The groundbreaking ultrasound therapy has been shown to kill nine out of 10 prostate tumours, and five years after treatment, 80 per cent of patients show no sign of the cancer recurring. Compared with surgery or conventional radiotherapy treatment, it is not invasive and is far less likely to lead to devastating side effects such as impotence or incontinence.
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