The treatment of prostate cancer usually takes 37 days. During this period, patients have to travel to hospitals 5 days a week for about two months, but doctors in London are currently conducting a major trial, reducing the number of sessions to five.
Scientists believe that radiation therapy is expected to reduce side effects, as well as save millions of pounds.
The researchers began their trial of 1,800 prostate cancer patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Cancer Research Institute in London, confirming their 5-year follow-up to see whether the five-day course was effective in eliminating cancer.
"Normal radiation therapy is very effective if initiated by the patient at an early stage. Treatment eliminates 60% of tumors completely, but its long-term side effects such as erectile dysfunction, bowel problems, and even bladder cancer."
The doctors' experience is based on increasing the radiation energy to more than double the dose.
"If we can maintain the effectiveness of the treatment and make sure it is suitable with fewer side effects, it will be very good," said Professor David Deniali, a professor at the Cancer Research Institute. "Although we have not yet found this method to be good,
