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Advances in the treatment of prostate cancer

NCRI 2012

Published: 14 Nov 2012

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Prof Malcolm Mason – Cardiff University, UK

Prof Malcolm Mason speaks to ecancer.tv about the developments that have been made in the understanding and treatment of prostate cancer, explains the importance of androgen in prostate cancer and considers the possibility of a future cure for prostate cancer.

Prof Mason concludes by discusses other new treatment techniques such as radio-surgery and robotic surgery and talks about the questions that remain over the use of PSA screening.

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