Cancer Treatment

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

If gamma rays are poor at ionising, why are they used for cancer treatment

If gamma rays are poor at ionising, why are they used for cancer treatment?
I'm a little confused. Surely you would need something which ionises well in order to kill the cancer cells?
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They are toxic but they are to be applied to the CANCER cells and not the healthy cells. They would destroy healthy cells as well, but the rays are applied using X-rays and MRI scans to target as close to the Cancer Cells as possible, enabling your healthy cells to redominate the cancerous areas and possibly eliminate whatever is left of the cancer. It is to treat the parts of the body infested with cancer and fewest healthy cells. I guess it's like why we use powerful bombs to make America safer.

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Friday, April 24, 2009

how to get help for cancer treatment if you don't qualify for medicaid in houston

how to get help for cancer treatment if you don't qualify for medicaid in houston?
Is there any way you can be help for the cost of treatment?
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You should contact the American Cancer Society. Also, talk to them about Clinical Trials - most of them are free and they usually include the "traditional" chemo with the clinical trials. You can also Google "Clinical Trials" and see what trials are out there for your type of cancer. Good luck.

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Monday, April 20, 2009

What is the general genetic treatment of cancer?What is the cause of cancer based on genetic

What is the general genetic treatment of cancer?What is the cause of cancer based on genetic?
I think it is a new idea for treatment of cancer,not really in the market yet.Thus,it is quite complicate question.Thanks a lot for share information..
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caner caused by genes has several options. some people have genes that are weaker than others and can't resist the thousands of mutagens in our moder environment, allowing them to lose regulatoratory abilites and turn to cancer. some cancers don't affect a person until later in life allowing the genes to be passed on. these people simple have a DNA sequence that says at this point make cancer and don't stop. some virsuses can get into cells, then into the DNA and just stay. if they are in a sperm or egg cell they can be passed on, sometimes for generations before seemingly at random emerging and causing cancer. scary to think you may get cancer one day because you grandfather had a virsus that never harmed him or you parent. gentic treatment is too experimental at this point to have serious merit as a treatment globally. basically it involves creating a DNA sequence to make cells stop producing cancer and to help the body identify the existing cancer as foregin and destroy it itself, which is much easier on the patient than drugs or radiation.

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