New treatment tries to zap prostate cancer away
August 18th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancerDoctors at NYU Langone Medical Center suggest an experimental treatment that targets cancer cells specifically. It’s about a new treatment for prostate cancer that uses lasers and lights to try to zap the cancer in its tracks. This new experimental procedure targets the cancer cells specifically, which could mean fewer side effects than traditional
Thin laser activated needles are positioned over the prostate where cancer cells are identified. The patient is then given a drug activated by light.