New treatment giving more life to prostate cancer sufferers

New treatment giving more life to prostate cancer sufferers

A new "smart bomb" treatment which selects and destroys cancerous areas of bone has been developed to give prostate cancer sufferers more life.

Jim Thomas is the third generation to run the Thomas Jewellery family business, but with prostate cancer spreading aggressively his time is running out.

Im looking for something else now to fix the problem and delay my departure.

Its a smart bomb that selects the areas in the bones that are cancerous, and destroys those cancerous areas without affecting other healthy tissue bone marrow or normal bone, Professor Costello said.Around 120,000 Australian men are living with prostate cancer at any one time, but a new treatment could provide new hope. Photo: 7News

The majority of men who trialled the treatment lived an extra four months, and some lived for an extra one or two years.

All men who participated in the trial experienced less pain.

I'm running out of options, and this new one thats on the horizon could give me an extra few months and that would be great, Jim said.

Professor Costello said early detection is the best way of preventing prostate cancer spreading, starting with getting the controversial PSA blood test.A new treatment for prostate cancer selects the areas in bones that are cancerous, and destroys those cancerous areas without affecting other healthy surrounding tissue or bone. Image: 7News

He strongly advises men over 40 to get a PSA blood test, as well as the digital test.

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