Several new strategies are being studied in the treatment of various cancers and prostate cancer is no exception.
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel tested forty prostate cancer patients with a new, localized and less aggressive treatment. This new treatment uses an ultrasound, ice or light to kill the blood vessels that feed the tumor. Only those patients with small, localized tumors would be candidates for this new treatment.
This new intervention, done under general anesthetic, takes only an hour and patients can leave the hospital the same day. Further tests will be carried out soon.