A revolution in treating breast cancer

A revolution in breast cancer treatment that focuses on destroying the tumor with a stream of laser light. A group of British scientists began clinical trials using optical therapy for 20 patients this year.

Cure breast cancer in just a few minutes

Doctors have come up with breast cancer treatments, which only take a few minutes without having to perform a surgery, nor do they cause any harm to healthy cells. patient.

Patients are being taken for cancer diagnosis (Photo: Daily mail)

This is the first time doctors around the world put this technique into treating breast cancer. Previously, this technique has been used to treat skin and mouth cancers.

This method has been pioneered by the famous doctor Mo Keshtgar, a breast cancer research and treatment specialist at the Royal Free Hospital in North London.

Cure breast cancer without mastectomy

According to Dr. Keshtgar, the method of using laser or PDT rays will destroy cancer cells but not affect uninfected cells and retain the surrounding cells .

The usual methods used to treat patients with breast cancer are to remove the cancer, which causes patients to not only lose part of their body but also shock them. psychological. However, optical therapy will retain the structure of the cell, meaning that the patient's breast will not be deformed.

A special drug is injected directly into the patient and it will find its way into cells that cause cancer symptoms such as epithelial cells and lining cells.

The drugs injected will make the cells very sensitive to light. Because tumors are highly metamorphosed and surrounded by a series of blood vessels, the drug collects on cancer cells and does not penetrate healthy cells.

Patients are treated with optical therapy
(Photo: Daily mail)

After the drug has been infiltrated into cancer cells, the red laser beam will be projected directly into the tumor. A chemical reaction will destroy harmful cells and the drug will take effect after a few hours. However, patients are still kept in a room with light light during 24 hours after treatment and then continue to avoid sunlight for the next 24 hours.

Dr Keshtgar said the treatment techniques will be popular within six years, once it has been tested and effective on volunteer patients.

Initially this treatment will be tested on a small group of patients who plan to remove breast cancer. They will receive PDT rays before they are operated on and the cancer cells will be checked for effectiveness. If the test is promising, the research team will continue to test on a large number of women for more accurate results. These patients will be monitored within 5 years after treatment.

Tumors destroyed by laser light (Photo: Daily mail)

Hope for breast cancer patients

PDT has been tested for patients with prostate cancer, bile ducts and spleen. About 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. It has become a common disease and accounts for over one-third of all women's cancers. And every month more than 1,000 patients die.

Dr. Keshtgar added, it is clear that the new treatment techniques mentioned above can help patients get rid of anxiety about a surgery, or patients are not strong enough to perform an operation.

- The method of using laser or PDT rays will destroy cancer cells, but not affect uninfected cells and retain the surrounding cells.

- Therapeutic optics treatment will retain the structure of the cell, meaning that the patient's breast will not be deformed.