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Sticking plaster that can cure cancer | Skin cancer patients have a new reason to smile - doctors are set to unveil the first ever sticking plaster that can cure the deadly disease. The Ambulight
plaster comprises a miniature light that combines with a chemical cream and destroys
skin cancer cells. The device has already been used on 50 patients with a near
90percent success rate. An advantage of the procedure is that it is not only less
painful but also leaves no scar. A harmless chemical containing cream is applied
to the skin where cancer cells absorb it. After three hours the LED in the plaster
automatically switches on for a set period of time, transforming the chemical
into a lethal drug. Even as it kills cancerous cell, damage to healthy cell is
minimum. The device was developed by professor James Ferguson, consultant dermatologist
at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee . "We get an 80-90percent complete cure," Sky
News quoted Ferguson , as saying. He added: "What we are hoping to do is optimise
it further, by using new ways of delivering the light... pulsing for example.
So there is room for improvement." Muriel Lowe, a patient, said: "I have a skin
condition that means normal surgery would scar me. "The doctor told me that cosmetically
this would be much better. The treatment is called photodynamic therapy." The
Ambulight is being officially introduced at the European Society for Photodynamic
Therapy in Monaco. |
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