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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 05:40 AM Dec 2019

((video)) Cancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective'

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-33565801/the-innovative-face-of-modern-cancer-treatment

Cancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective'

In a world first, doctors in the UK are trialling an innovative new way of delivering targeted chemotherapy to cancer tumours, which could improve treatment and lead to fewer side effects for patients.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Cancer Research are testing acoustic cluster therapy which uses ultrasound waves and microscopic clusters to pump more chemotherapy drugs into tumours, without attacking nearby healthy cells.
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It will be some time before the success of the trial can be assessed and many more trials would be needed before it could be used more widely.
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((video)) Cancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective' (Original Post) nitpicker Dec 2019 OP
Cancer tumors are a symptom Iwasthere Dec 2019 #1
Ya mean I should give up vaping? 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #3
Great to read. sinkingfeeling Dec 2019 #2
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