London doctor uses 3D printing to aid prostate tumor removal

A Professor of Urology from the London Clinic has successfully used a 3D-printed model of his patient's prostate to aid in the removal of a malignant tumor. Prokar Dasgupta, Professor of Urology at the London Clinic (a private healthcare facility in London, UK), took an innovative approach when presented with a patient suffering from a malignant tumor of the prostate. According to GLOBOCAN, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Although often treatable, prostate cancer is still the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men (and accounts for 6.6% of deaths in men in...