Looks good! Any alternative to the sledgehammer/fly approach is very welcome. I look forward to the day that chemo and radiation treatments are obsolete!
This so called , new therapy using laser light to trigger drugs that target and attach to cancer cells is not new at all. This kind of work has been going on for at least 10 years that I'm aware. It just takes time to develop the drugs and long clinical trials to approve PDT ( Photo Dynamic Therapy). The other problem is developing light sources that penetrate deep enough into the body without harming normal cells. There has to be sufficient Irradiance to trigger the chemical response that kills cancer cells. Non Invasive approaches like PDT are the way to go. Inject the drugs near the target area, allow them time to attach to the cancer cells , then trigger their destruction with laser irradiation.
I'm also eagerly awaiting some of the promising diagnostic testing applications of optical / laser technology which have been talked about/ in development for some time without actually hitting the market. Optical coherence tomography for example. Depth of penetration seems to be an issue, but the resolution that is possible is far superior to any xray or CT available, and the big bonus is that it is not toxic or destructive to human tissues...
Hello! I'm a student in Mechanical Engineering and this issue is very interesting to me. Currently, I'm working with new kinds of manners to treat skin cancer with diode laser. Do you know any article that presents this subject?
Laser Light Therapy for Breast Cancer
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