CANCER Tx & INDIA

Cures for cancer are legion and it probably wouldn’t be stretching the truth to say there’s a new kind of treatment reported every week from all corners of the earth. One however which appears very promising has recently been reported by researchers form the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bangalore. It involves as indigenously developed computer-controlled device dubbed a “Cytotron” that produces electromagnetic beams and enables regeneration of cells degraded by the disease.

More precisely the machine generates quantum magnetic resonance beams from 288 specially designed guns that can be focused specifically on cancer cells. These beams then interfere with and alter the mechanisms of cell division and proliferation process causing malignant cells to self-destruct. Preliminary clinical trials conducted on some 40-odd terminally ill cancer patients who had finished all surgical and oncological means have been quite encouraging so far. With 60% still living, 90% have got at least symptomatic relief and 30% of those alive have been able to go back to normal life.

Obviously these are still very early days of the procedure known as Rotational Field Quantum Magnetic Resonance (RFQMR). It was only started two years ago and a lot of further work is required before it gets approval by the Indian Council of Medical Research for widespread civilian use. But in the meantime what is really heartening to know is that the treatment is not only completely non-invasive but does not have any effect on surrounding healthy tissues. This could make it excellent way to remedy brain cancer for instance where the tumors habitually redevelop.

On the other hand more conventional methods of treatment prevalent today like chemotherapy are notoriously non-specific. This causes normal cells to stop multiplying along with the targeted malignant ones – leading to conditions like serious hair loss for one thing besides other severe side effects including nausea, vomiting and bone marrow suppression. If the RFQMR technique turns out to be as good as its initial promise India could suddenly find itself in the forefront of cancer management.