Inventors of the treatment say they are hoping government will approach them so that more cancer patients can be reached.
Sunday marked International Cancer Survivors Day.
Nigel Langa, CEO of the company in charge of the treatment, which is called Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (Sirt)), says doctors send a high volume of radiation directly into the liver during a once-off procedure, which leaves cancer patients with less side effects.
“They were getting five to 10 times of that radiation and it’s contained within the patient’s liver. The product is very safe because it doesn’t travel very far.”
So far, only 50 patients have used this new treatment in South Africa due to a lack of funding.
