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What do you guys make of this radio wave cancer treatment? - AAA - 10-21-2009
60 minutes show covered it in April and just re-aired it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/10/60minutes/main4006951.shtml
Re: What do you guys make of this radio wave cancer treatment? - Doc - 10-21-2009
Not original. There are dozens of similar technologies in the works.
I don't think that it's likely to be adopted, except in very rare circumstances. Those treatments that rely on heat inevitably damage surrounding tissues and generate an inflammatory response so there's significant risk involved. There's a good chance that in practice it will be no better than radiation treatments.*
'Meantime, nanoparticles that deliver chemo are the next wave of nanotech in cancer treatment.
Photoreactive nanotech solutions are poised to be the wave after that.
Even if the "radio" therapy works, it's probably going to be outclassed by other tech.
*Not a medical doctor, just very well read... especially on this subject due to a personal interest.
Re: What do you guys make of this radio wave cancer treatment? - DharmaDog - 10-21-2009
My wife is working on photoreactive nanoparticles for this application. The trick is getting the nano particles to only attach to the cancer cells. This doesn't currently seem to be possible.
Re: What do you guys make of this radio wave cancer treatment? - OWC Jamie - 10-21-2009
It would be comically ironic if listening at close range to AM Talk Radio would be a cure ......
Re: What do you guys make of this radio wave cancer treatment? - davester - 10-21-2009
billb wrote:
It would be comically ironic if listening at close range to AM Talk Radio would be a cure ......
The cure could be worse than the disease.