'More powerful, more accurate' - Prostate cancer breakthrough could revolutionise treatment

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New studies showing prostate cancer treatment can safely involve far less radiotherapy could revolutionise the way the condition is treated.

A major international study published last week found that the number of radiotherapy doses required can be safely cut by three-quarters.

“What they're doing is, they're giving greater amounts on each visit. So, before you had to have very small amounts, over 37 visits, now you're getting a higher dose over five visits."Prostate cancer “We did a study there capturing all the patients across Ireland from 2015 to 2020 called the IPCOR study - 6800 men and 3% of men over the last number of years uh would fall into the under-50 age group.

 

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