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Published online 16 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040216-1
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Silent sound zaps cancer
Ultrasound cuts side effects when used to remove tumours.
Replacing a surgeon's scalpel with a beam of high-energy sound could reduce the side effects that hamper some cancer treatments, says the team behind a new clinical trial.
The study of prostate cancer patients, announced on 14 February, adds to the growing hope that high-frequency sounds beyond the range of human hearing will one day transform the removal of tumours.
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