New treatment could help improve outcome for prostate cancer sufferers

Dr Jonathan Coulter, from the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s University/PA)

Researchers at Queen’s University in Belfast have developed a new treatment to be used in combination with radiotherapy that could significantly improve treatment outcomes for men with locally advanced prostate cancer.

The treatment can make cancerous cells up to 30% more receptive to radiotherapy while simultaneously reducing adverse side-effects that limit quality of life.