30 Mar 2011
DOCTORS in Singapore have come up with a new treatment for prostate cancer that does not involve surgery or radiation therapy.
Instead, it uses ultrasonic waves which converge on the tumour without affecting the surrounding tissue.
This eliminates the side effects of current treatments, such as incontinence and impotence, reported The Straits Times.
It has been developed by Singapore General Hospital and the National Cancer Centre and is the first treatment of its kind in the world.
Seven patients in Singapore have been treated in the project¡¯s first clinical trial.
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Dept of Urology
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