Frimley hospital trials prostate cancer 'breakthrough'
Frimley Hospital is one of 11 to join a study using MRI scanners for prostate cancer diagnoses.
Simon Bott, consultant urologist at the hospital, says it is a "major breakthrough".
"It really is a game changer. Currently, if you are concerned about prostate cancer most men will go and get a blood test.
"The problem with that is that it doesn't tell you that you have prostate cancer, you have to go on and get a biopsy, which is unreliable - they miss out on about half of cancers.
"This new type of MRI enables us to look more accurately inside the prostate and target abnormal areas.
"There aren't really that many hospitals in the country that could actually be involved in it, but we had the kit to show how accurate the MRI is".
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