A new machine may help treat prostate cancer
August 16th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancerAt an international conference on the disease on the Gold Coast, Australia, researchers frpom Queensland University of Technology’s have announced a MAJOR advance in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer in Australian men.
The CellSearch machine, the first of its kind in Australasia, tests for circulating tumour cells which detach from solid tumours and enter the blood stream with the potential to spread cancers to other parts of the body.
The conference was told the machine, as well as a new multidisciplinary team clinic at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), represent a major leap forward in fighting the prostate cancer. The equipment would be a national resource for monitoring treatment response and predicting survival in patients with metastatic prostate, breast and colorectal cancer.