Cancer treatment to be available in the Island?

Cancer treatment to be available in the Island?

However, a new one-off treatment could be introduced in the Island, which would remove the need for multiple radiotherapy sessions.

Around 100 Islanders every year are diagnosed with breast cancer and 60 to 70 per cent require radiotherapy. Matthew Stephenson, consultant general and breast surgeon at the General Hospital, said that if Intrabeam radiation was introduced in Jersey, potentially it could benefit a lot of Islanders.

Read the full story in today’s JEP.

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