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Prostate cancer laser treatment cures half of trial subjects stat : engadget

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Prostate cancer laser treatment cures half of trial subjects


Prostate cancer laser treatment cures half of trial subjects
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The "vascular targeted photodynamic therapy (VPT)," developed by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and private company STEBA Biotech, is pretty creative.Patients were chosen from a low-risk group normally put on "active surveillance," meaning they receive no treatments like radiation therapy or surgery.While such treatments do significantly reduce the risk of cancer, they can cause permanent side effects like incontinence and erectile dysfunction.The subjects were first treated with a drug called WST11 derived from highly light-sensitive bacteria that live near the bottom of the ocean.
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Breakthrough non-surgical treatment or low-risk prostate cancer uses light therapy


Breakthrough non-surgical treatment or low-risk prostate cancer uses light therapy
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Breakthrough non-surgical treatment or low-risk prostate cancer uses light therapyProfessor Mark Emberton has pioneered a new non-surgical treatment for low risk prostate cancer that uses light therapy to kill cancer cells.The breakthrough treatment is being used in a clinical trial that includes 413 patients right now.Emberton is the Dean of UCL Medical Sciences and a consultant urologist at UCLH.The official name for the new treatment is vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) an it involves injecting a light-sensitive drug into the bloodstream of the patients in the trial.
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