How dye that makes invisible prostate tumours glow may soon be used by surgeons to remove more of the cancerous growth in real-time By Colin Fernandez Science Correspondent Published: 17:01 EDT, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments Surgeons may soon be better able to remove prostate cancer thanks to a dye that makes tumours glow. University of Oxford experts said the dye acts as a 'second pair of eyes', lighting up cancerous tissue invisible to the naked eye. This allows doctors to remove far more of the cancer in real time, reducing chances of the disease coming back due to cells left behind.
Cancer Research UK, which funded the scientists, said full clinical trials are under way to find out if surgery with the dye removes more prostate cancer and preserves more healthy tissue than existing surgical techniques. University of Oxford experts said the dye acts as a 'second pair of eyes', lighting up cancerous tissue (stock photo) Surgery professor Freddie Hamdy (pictured) said the technique 'allows us to preserve as much of the healthy structures around the prostate as we can, to reduce unnecessary life-changing side-effects like incontinence and erectile dysfunction' Read More FIVE revolutionary cancer therapies that will change the lives of NHS patients from this year In an initial study, 23 men with prostate cancer were injected with the marker dye before having surgery to remove their prostates. When light – white and near-infrared – was sh.