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Will, that certainly sounds exciting, and since no one knows what the future will bring, it could help anyone here in some way, if not with PD. [OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! Ken Becker [log in to unmask] On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, will johnston wrote: > At 01:11 AM 12/20/96 -0500, you wrote: > >Milton, here is another question: is there any way to inject a chemical > >into areas that are to be preserved, that would neutralize the radiation > >in those areas? OR what about the possibility of sending the radiation > >through areas of the brain that would not cause harm if they were > >destroyed? > > > > > > > > > >[OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! > >Ken Becker > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > >On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Milton E McLain wrote: > > > >> Ken Becker has suggested that radiation therapy might be useful as a > >> means of a "non-invasive" alternative to surgical palidotomy. On the > >> surface, this may seem to be a viable technique - after all, radiation > >> therapy is routinely applied to the effective treatment of brain tumors. > >> > >> The limitation, in my opinion, is that radiation-induced brain tissue > >> damage can not be precisely limited to the desired few cubic millimeters. > >> Therefore, more extensive undesirable side effects would be produced. > >> > >> Milton McLain > >> Certified Health Physicist > >> Nuclear engineer > > > > > Ken & Milton, > > There is a Vancouver, Canada firm [QLT Photodynamic Therapy of which I am a > small stockholder and not getting rich] which produces photofrins. This is a > delivery system in which very potent drugs are injected ito the body. The > drugs are inertt until activated by light. With cancer of the esophagus, > radiation therapy is not very effective and surgery is horrendous.. The > anti-cancer drugs are injected. A laser is run down the throat. Cancer cells > are hit with the laser and the drug is turned on only where the light hits, > leaving the healthy tissue undamaged.. Neat trick! CAUTION: DO NOT GO INTO > SUNLIGHT OR A BRIGHTLY LITT ROOM. No tanning salons! > WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD > SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716 > 410-543-0110 > Pres A.P.D.A. DelMarVa Chapter >