Prostate cancer gold treatment

The 67-year-old from Hinton, diagnosed with the disease two years ago, had granules of the precious metal injected into his prostate to help better target the radiation treatment.

And a Hunter research team has now proven that the golden approach to radiation works – by reducing damaging side effects.

Professor Jim Denham and his team of specialists at the Calvary Mater Hospital and University of Newcastle have had the  results of their study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology.

Their work is one example of the  world-first prostate cancer research coming from internationally acclaimed researchers in the Hunter.

In the two-year study the research team looked at 282 Hunter patients treated for prostate cancer and compared those treated using gold with other  patients.

In the ‘‘golden’’ test group cylindrical gold granules about two millimetres long were injected into the prostate at three different locations.

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