Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:19:12 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: "gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org" <gt-pfrc at ml.gt.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Ray guns... for healing
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
A patient with rectal cancer has become the first to have part of their tumour
destroyed by ultrasound, say UK doctors.

A team of radiologists, surgeons and oncologists at Hammersmith Hospital in
London used high intensity ultrasound to heat up and kill the cancer.
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is carried out under general anaesthetic.
<...>
The device can treat tumours up to about 40cc volume and can heat the tissue up
to 90 degrees centigrade

First patient

The first patient to have the procedure has requested anonymity.

They were given a low dose of heat at 70 degrees.

Doctors say they are planning to treat 50 more patients and they will closely
monitor them to discover the most effective temperature at which to perform the
procedure.
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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8380812.stm>

  mark