Microbubbles Make Breast Cancer More Susceptible to Radiation Therapy (VIDEO)
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Oxygen microbubbles wash in, then the screen brightens from higher energy ultrasound which bursts the microbubbles. The screen goes dark again as the acoustic energy is reduced and the bubbles perfuse back into the tissue before the next ultrasound blast. The short film is part of a study showing that injecting breast cancer with oxygen-filled microbubbles makes tumors three-times more sensitive to radiation therapy and improves survival in animal models of the disease. Published Jan 21st in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, the study makes a strong case for moving this technology into clinical trials with breast cancer patients.
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John Eisenbrey lab, Thomas Jefferson University
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