Need to find the latest research on Hepatic tumors and UV radiation therapy |
Request for Question Clarification by
nealc-ga
on
10 Oct 2002 14:36 PDT
Do you really mean UV radiation therapy? UV radiation will not
penetrate to the liver. Do you really want another kind of radiation
therapy?
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Clarification of Question by
cettina-ga
on
11 Oct 2002 05:58 PDT
Yes, Ultraviolet rays (radiation) to block the evolution of the
hepatic tumor. There was some sort of article concerning this in
Leadership magazine, however I have not been able to find the article.
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Request for Question Clarification by
crabcakes-ga
on
11 Oct 2002 19:02 PDT
cettina,
I have done numerous searches and found no mention of UV radiation in
conjunction with hepatic tumors. I have found mention of several OTHER
kinds of radiation however. The only mention of UV radiation has been
in the capacity of being the causative agent of cancer (skin
primarily), not in a curative capacity.
~crabcakes
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Clarification of Question by
cettina-ga
on
15 Oct 2002 06:01 PDT
Crabcakes
Thanks for all of your help. It's appreciated.
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Request for Question Clarification by
tehuti-ga
on
15 Oct 2002 07:15 PDT
Hello cettina,
Are you perhaps thinking of a type of chemotherapy where light is used
to transform the drug into its active form? This is not yet a standard
treatment, and it is mainly aimed at tumors near the body surface,
although there is a trial of its use in hepatic tumor metastases.
There are also some reports of studies of this technique in animals
with experimentally-induced hepatic tumors. However, I think that the
light used is laser light rather than UV.
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Clarification of Question by
cettina-ga
on
16 Oct 2002 06:33 PDT
I'm not sure, however I'd be interested in viewing the research
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