Prostate cancer treatment available at CUH

A highly effective treatment for prostate cancer that means just one trip to hospital, minimal side effects and costs 20% of the cost of surgery is now available in Cork.

Until this autumn, 30 or 40 patients from Cork travelled to Dublin or Galway each year for brachytherapy.

However following a €1.5m investment by the National Cancer Control Programme and a €500,000 donation by CUH’s Aid Cancer Treatment charity, it is now available to men with early stage prostate cancer at CUH’s Cancer Centre.