High Intensity Focused Ultrasound For Cancer Management - Know More About It!

Over the decades, doctors across the medical spectrum have tried to come up with newer and more holistic methods to combat cancer, so that they and the patients do not have to simply rely on radiation or chemotherapy. Not only do these traditional treatment procedures trigger many unpleasant side effects, but they also are not always effective. So efforts and trials are ongoing to come up with new procedures that are less invasive and yet a lot more effective.

What are the new Modes of Cancer Treatment?

1. Mistletoe Therapy - Mistletoes are a kind of white-coloured berries. Their trend to defy the usual laws of growth led Dutch doctor Ita Wengman to conclude that it might be effective against tumours, which are also a violation of the natural laws of cell growth and division. So the first injectable solution with mistletoe extracts was prepared and since then mistletoe therapy has firmly established itself as a complementary treatment option for cancer. Mistletoe therapy strengthens the immunity and makes other more conventional treatments a lot more effective.

2. High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU) High - Intensity Focussed Ultrasound directs a beam of ultrasound waves at the cancerous growth. The beam ups the temperature and the heat kills the abnormal cells. This leads to tumour ablation. This procedure is not accompanied by terrible side effects that are common with chemotherapy. 

3. Hyperthermia and Infrared Sauna - Studies have revealed that heat therapy increases chances of recovery from cancer by at least 13%. And coupled with chemotherapy can really improve the odds in the patient’s favour. Heat therapy works because cancer cells are less stable than healthy cells and perish at very high temperatures. That is why infrared saunas are emerging as a leading weapon in the fight against cancer. Infrared saunas and heat therapy flush out toxins from the body, improve circulation (poor blood circulation is a major cause of cancer developments), cleanses the organs and thus ups the ante against cancer.

4. Colon Hydrotherapy - When you undergo chemotherapy, many chemicals enter your bloodstream and head for the cancerous cells to eliminate them. But in the process, they end up destroying many T cells as well which are responsible for keeping the body safe from harmful germs and bacteria. That is why, it is your digestive system, of which colon is a component, is under added pressure to flush out all the chemotherapy-related toxins. So, you need to take special care of your digestive organs so that they do not buckle under stress and chemotherapy can be effective. Hydrotherapy (warm water directed through a tube) aims to cleanse the colon and sometimes the liver and rid them of the accumulated toxins. This procedure can reduce toxicity by a staggering 600% and prevent damage to the colon and ramp up the fight against cancer.

5. High Dose Vitamin C - Way back in the 1970s, it was discovered that Vitamin C has traits that make it poisonous to cancer cells. It was later found that when injected intravenously, high doses of Vitamin C are more effective. But Vitamin C alone will not make cancer recede. But it can definitely bolster the efficacy of chemotherapy.

6. Artesunate - This is an anti-malaria drug. Trials are ongoing to determine how this drug can also be used to treat cancer. Research has shown that artesunate can kill selective cancer cells. It can halt cell multiplication and prevent cancer from spreading.

7. Rigvir Virotherapy - This therapy originated in Latvia and it can be used against cancers like those of the skin, kidney, bladder, uterus or the lungs. Oncotropic and oncolytic viruses are introduced into the body and they target and kill the malignant cancer cells. Scientists will not rest until a cure to cancer has been found. These unconventional new procedures are a testament to the never-give-up attitude of medical professionals.