Groundbreaking therapy 'offers breast cancer hope'
Scientists have developed a new type of treatment which uses light to kill breast cancer cells, which may give hope to thousands of sufferers.
British cancer surgeon Mo Keshtgar is the driving force behind the new non-surgical procedure, named photodynamic therapy.
The remedy involves injecting cancer-killing drugs into the body, which then latch onto the tumour, before a laser outside the skin is used to activate the medication.
Mr Keshtgar says one of the main benefits of the radical new procedure is that it does not scar and leaves healthy cells around the cancer unaffected, which may appeal to breast cancer insurancecustomers.
"Breast cancer can be particularly traumatic, with more invasive treatments leaving physical and emotional scars. Our treatment will keep the structure of the connective tissue intact meaning the breast does not become deformed or lose shape," he explains.
In related news, researchers at the US Institute of Cancer Research have found that the new cancer drug Olaparib may be able to reduce the size of tumours in sufferers of breast and ovarian cancer, which may interest those with cancer insurance.
By Stephen Tate 
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