Endoscopic ultrasound can offer safer and more effective cancer therapy

Washington, September 13 (ANI): American scientists are studying the efficacy of a therapeutic technique that can allow doctors to directly inject tumours with cancer fighting agents from inside the body.

The technique called curvilinear EUS uses a flexible gastrointestinal endoscope with a miniature ultrasound transducer on the tip to guide a small needle directly into a tumour.

Dr. Robert Hawes, Professor of Medicine and Peter Cotton Chair for Endoscopic Innovation at the Medical University of South Carolina, says that the new technique can prove to be a safer and more effective approach to administering chemotherapy, as it allows doctors to deliver therapy right to the tumour and avoid damaging normal surrounding tissues.

source: Thaindian