'Seeds' Bring Hope to Cancer Sufferers

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A "one-stop shop" for prostate problems is set to pioneer a new cancer treatment in the Midlands.

The technique, called brachytherapy and offered by a handful of hospitals in Britain, involves implanting tiny radioactive 'seeds' into the prostate which target cancer cells without affecting healthy tissue.

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'Seeds' Bring Hope to Cancer Sufferers

While some patients at The Prostate Clinic, based at the Priory Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham, will be best served by radiotherapy or chemotherapy, these tiny seeds c...

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