Sentence examples for vtp from inspiring English sources

The new technique, called vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP), involves injecting a light-sensitive drug into the bloodstream.

"We also hope that VTP will be effective against other types of cancer.

Gerald, a man aged in his 60s from Surrey, was one of the first patients to be treated with VTP under the care of Emberton.

Because VTP targets only prostate tumours, it does not cause the long-term problems of impotence and urinary incontinence often associated with "radical" surgery or radiotherapy.

Only 6% of the VTP group later needed radical treatment, compared with 30% of active surveillance patients.

VTP treatment also doubled the average time of cancer progression from 14 months to 28 months.

"This means we could accurately identify men who would benefit from VTP and deliver treatment more precisely to the tumour.

The trial, reported in the Lancet Oncology journal, was conducted across 47 treatment sites in 10 European countries, most of which were performing VTP for the first time.

In the trial consisting of 413 men, participants were randomly assigned either to VTP or active surveillance.

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