Men with ‘high risk’ prostate cancer can safely receive high-dose radiotherapy to kill cancer cells that have spread into neighbouring lymph nodes, a new study reports.

A high-tech form of radiotherapy that shapes radiation beams to tumours can dramatically improve outcomes for patients with prostate cancer, long-term clinical trial results show.

Researchers have found that avoiding the penile bulb when giving radiotherapy treatment to men with prostate cancer could reduce the severity of erectile dysfunction.