INDIANA, This is good news for people with cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer and cervical cancer. A number of researchers have created and tested a miniature device implanted in the center of the tumor to produce oxygen that is important to increase the killing power of radiation and chemotherapy.
The technology is designed to treat tumors that have hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) in the center of the tumor. "Radiation therapy requires oxygen to be effective," said Babak Ziaie, professor of electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering at Purdue University, Indiana, United States, such as broadcast ScienceDaily, Wednesday (31 / 8) or Thursday (09/01/2011) pm.
