New avenue of growth for rads?

[Taurus]

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http://gizmodo.com/379952/guy-inven...io-machine-built-out-of-pie-pans-and-hot-dogs

This idea of killing cancer cells with metallic particles and RF sounds intriguing. Doesn't this sound familiar to RF ablation? If it is shown to work, could this be a new area for growth for radiology or radonc?

 

[f_w]

If I had a penny for every 'cure for cancer' found by some backyard tinkerer, I could already buy a latte.

 

[fun8stuff]

lol, i like how he puts his hand in the radio waves to prove that they are harmless....

 

[hans19]

http://gizmodo.com/379952/guy-inven...io-machine-built-out-of-pie-pans-and-hot-dogs

This idea of killing cancer cells with metallic particles and RF sounds intriguing. Doesn't this sound familiar to RF ablation? If it is shown to work, could this be a new area for growth for radiology or radonc?

I can see microcatheter delivery of the microparticles to the tumor + RFA. It may be a bit more targeted than RFA, but then how would you achieve a good burn margin?

So far RFA + chemoembo shows the most promising results, according to JVIR and SIR.

 

[bigfrank]

If I had a penny for every 'cure for cancer' found by some backyard tinkerer, I could already buy a latte.

🙂 and me one too.