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New Approach to Cancer Treatment.

Newspaper current event by Eye.Of.Sage on 26 July 2006, tagged as medical

BBC is reporting a new approach to the cure of cancer using heat. The idea of using heat to treat certain illnesses has been used since ancient times and researchers now think it could be used against cancer due to the high success rate against testicular cancer. The temperature of testicular cells is a few degrees lower than the rest of the body and testicular cancer cells are weakened by the heat when they spread to other body parts. The weakened cell structure makes the cells more susceptible to cancer treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy.

While promising, further study is needed to confirm the theory. Some claim that other paths, such as biologically engineered white blood cells or bacteria, are more promising.

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Novel Approach by VnutZ :: NR8 :: on 26 July 2006

That certainly is an interesting idea. Does anybody have any cancer experiences to relate treatments to?

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Makes Me Suspicious by Anonymous :: NR0 :: on 26 July 2006

I don't like it when people or researchers try to add some crediblity to their find by saying 'has been in use since ancient times.' Know what, in ancient times people also thought bleeding out was a useful remedy and anathetisia consisted of smashing the patient over the head with a rock. Let's just have modern research and the results.

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RE: Makes Me Suspicious by VnutZ :: NR8 :: on 26 July 2006

... anathetisia consisted of smashing the patient over the head with a rock.

My personal favorite 'old practice' was the shot of whiskey and biting down on a stick. That and having a few big fellows subdue the thrashing victim.

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RE: Makes Me Suspicious by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6 :: on 26 July 2006

Well, you shouldn't be some hard on our ancestors. After all, we would never be here if it weren't for them. Mistakes are made and corrected. It's called learning. As for Bleeding, there is some sense to that. If you were bitten by a snake, you would have to draw the poison out of sucking some of the contaminated blood out. Even in modern medicine, people use clean Maggots and Leeches to clean wounds and help Blood circulation.

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? by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6 :: on 26 July 2006

Yeah......If only we could focus on engineering a special kind of bacteria and/or white blood cell that only destroy/engulf illnesses instead of focusing on biological weaponry. Since President Bush vetoed the bill for advances in embryo research in the name of Morality, I think Biological Engineering can replace it.