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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Jane Kirby

New cancer treatment with fewer side effects to be trialled in UK

A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment with fewer side effects has launched in the UK.

Backed by the Government-funded National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the trial will examine whether Aquablation – a therapy using robotics, AI and real-time imaging – works as well or better than traditional surgery, known as radical prostatectomy.

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