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There isn’t anything about breast cancer that is funny, cute
or pink.
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This week
was a quiet one. The doctor appointments
start up again next week and continue through December.
But I came
across an article in The Guardian titled High-power sound waves used to blast
cancer cells. They are calling this new
therapy “revolutionary”. The researchers working at the Institute of
Cancer Research (ICR) at the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton, outside London
are using high frequency ultrasound technology to treat patients suffering from
metastatic bone lesions – without needing to use any type of surgery. They are refining the process to use ultrasound
to also treat prostate, breast and other tumors.
Guidance for
the ultrasound beam is provided by magnetic resonance scanners that focus the
beams with millimeter precision ensuring only cancerous or damaged tissue is
targeted. Healthy tissue is protected.
The scanner also monitors the temperature of the target cells to ensure they
have been heated enough to kill them. The ICR researchers have only treated patients
with metastatic bone lesions so far, but all have responded very well and the
pain relief was reported to be instant.
I hope more
of these treatments become available in the US soon. We love you – enjoy the weekend.
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