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cool! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Message #13249 Chinese Doctors Claim Cancer-Treatment Breakthrough BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese surgeons are declaring a breakthrough in cancer treatment after turning a patient’s malignant tumor into a ball of ice, state media said on Saturday. Doctors at Xijing Hospital in the northwestern city of Xian inserted a superconductive knife, 0.0788 inches in diameter, into the tumor of liver cancer patient, Xinhua news agency said. By forcing high-pressure argon and helium gas through the knife point, they were able to lower the temperature of the tumor to minus 220. “In 60 seconds, the tumor became an ice ball,” the article said, adding “all cancer cells were killed.” “The operation took only 30 minutes. The patient felt no pain and there was no bleeding,” it said. “The therapy is a breakthrough in cancer treatment,” it quoted Dou Kefeng, a surgeon in charge of the operation, as saying.

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Not the same thing of course, but it has been a thought of mine to use cold to reduce the swelling and inflamation that tumors cause, and to limit blood flow to them and thus limit the amount of fuel that gets to them for growth. Has this been studied to any degree? Tony – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – cool! Message #13249 Chinese Doctors Claim Cancer-Treatment Breakthrough BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese surgeons are declaring a breakthrough in cancer treatment after turning a patient’s malignant tumor into a ball of ice, state media said on Saturday. Doctors at Xijing Hospital in the northwestern city of Xian inserted a superconductive knife, 0.0788 inches in diameter, into the tumor of liver cancer patient, Xinhua news agency said. By forcing high-pressure argon and helium gas through the knife point, they were able to lower the temperature of the tumor to minus 220. “In 60 seconds, the tumor became an ice ball,” the article said, adding “all cancer cells were killed.” “The operation took only 30 minutes. The patient felt no pain and there was no bleeding,” it said. “The therapy is a breakthrough in cancer treatment,” it quoted Dou Kefeng, a surgeon in charge of the operation, as saying.

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