FORUMS > Alternative Treatments Forum Rules

Greetings

I'm a student, in my second years, studying animation. Approximately a week ago we had a very interesting lecture held at our university.

A group of people are launching a project (which I'll hopefully be a part of) related to the discipline I chose. They are offering a new way of treating certain kinds of cancer (and need help with getting their campaign 'out there', so we are producing an animated short related to this issue in essence to help inform people that something like that exists).

Anyway, what we were basically explained is that cancer cells can be eliminated by injecting chlorophyll-based drugs into cancer-infected tissue and lighting this area with a specific kind of light, which results in cancer dying from oxygen deprivation.

Apparently this treatment proved to be successful multiple times and this year this campaign is going to make a push to spread the word about this treatment. In case someone would like to look at it in more depth, the official website is http://www.killingcancer.co.uk/home.asp

I hope it's ok that I'm posting this, just though it's useful to know a thing like that.

Thank you for your time

hey thanks for the info! Oncology is one of my interests, im going to check it out right now!

As a survivor I really hope this new technique pans out As it sounds more humaine than the current treatment.

Also as a survivor I would be skeptical of anything that was not proven and highly recomended agreed upon by qualified doctors

Don't tell Pfizer, Merck, etc. They have a lot to lose in a cure scenario.

Well... they might find themselves less underfunded if they A) Had real information on their site and B) If the information they had wasn't impossible.

"the reaction changes the oxygen molecule that feeds the cells"

What? This doesn't make any sense.

First, oxygen doesn't feed cells. It's an oxidation agent to allow the final stages of the electron transport chain.

Second, there is no "oxygen molecule." If there were, you'd die. Oxygen is exceptionally toxic to cells. If they mean hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying molecule, then they need serious work on their terminology.



In fact, the website has it almost backwards.

The photochemicals don't CHANGE oxygen, they directly RELEASE it, killing the cells it's in. The photosensitive chemicals are retained longer in cancerous cells, than in normal cells allowing the "targeting" of these cells.

In short, it's a promising therapy, on which there is a LOT of work being done.

If you want real information, check here.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/photodynamic

Cancer research has come so far. Where I live here in Tennessee we have the 2nd largest Relay For Life event in the state in raising money for Cancer research. I truly hope this will be something that will help in saving many lives.

Diver...you rock.

Did anyone see this on 60 minutes?

Diver, what do you think about it?

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5394576n&tag=contentBody;housing

(why when I click on the URL and insert the HTTP between the boxes it will not show up as a link?)

Any easy cure is always welcomed. How do you get the light to the tumor though?

barriehomeboy saidAny easy cure is always welcomed. How do you get the light to the tumor though?

Multiple methods. For near surface ones, shorter wavelength light will penetrate farther. For deeper ones, they've been using fiber optic filaments.

Igeneer saidAs a survivor I really hope this new technique pans out As it sounds more humaine than the current treatment.

Also as a survivor I would be skeptical of anything that was not proven and highly recomended agreed upon by qualified doctors

ditto...but it sounds weird. I would need lots of success data.

pecfan saidDid anyone see this on 60 minutes?

Diver, what do you think about it?

Conceptually, there's nothing new about it. It's a method they've been working on for years. I first read about the theory almost 10 years ago now.

Therapeutically, it's a great idea, the problem is finding a method of delivering the gold nanoparticles. You can inject them, but that only gets the local cells, which means the incidence of resurgence is exceptionally high.