00:00A 92-year-old woman from North Yorkshire has become the first patient in the UK to receive
00:06electrochemotherapy for a liver tumour. The use of robotic needle guidance is a pioneering
00:12approach which offers hope where there was previously no viable treatment options. Brenda
00:17Iveson was told that surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were not suitable due to the size
00:23and location of her tumour as well as her frailty. A specialist team at Leeds Teaching
00:28Hospital's NHS Trust used a new minimally invasive procedure that has already reduced her tumour
00:34by around 80%. The treatment combines a small dose of chemotherapy with targeted electrical pulses
00:41making it more effective.
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