How ultrasound destroys tumours without surgery

Doctors at Churchill Hospital in Oxford are carrying out clinical trials to destroy cancerous tumours without the use of surgery.

David Atwell, a keen tennis player, was recently treated for kidney cancer with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Three days later, he was back on the courts.

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