Melhor terapia para cancro na próstata - Estudo

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/health/prostate-cancer-treatment-developed-in-leeds-is-hailed-in-new-study-1-7937452
Citando:
"New has found that an ingenious prostate cancer treatment offers the best chance of long-term survival.
LDR brachytherapy provides patients with a form of internal radiotherapy as radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate gland in a procedure lasting less than an hour."

Aumento de risco de cancros secundários (próstata)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12181321/Radiotherapy-for-prostate-cancer-raises-risk-of-new-tumours.html


Citando:
The analysis suggests that the risk of developing bowel cancer within 10 years of radiotherapy rose by 68 per cent, while the odds of rectal cancer increased by 62 per cent and bladder cancer by 39 per cent. (...)
Patients should be informed that radiotherapy raises the risk of secondary cancer, say health experts.

Alternativa a radioterapia

Estudo valida alternativa a radioterapia. E a história de uns pais que fugiram com o filho para fazer este tratamento (que acabou bem - inclusivamente o NHS - SNS lá do sítio - acabou por pagar o tratamento feito no estrangeiro):


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12131272/Ashya-King-proton-beam-cancer-therapy-causes-fewer-side-effects.html