China's Medical Breakthrough Shows Promise for Cancer Therapy
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China's medical breakthrough shows promise for cancer therapy
A first-in-human trial at the Cancer Center of the West China Hospital has shown that injecting a nano-carbon iron complex directly into tumors halts growth in 84.2% of patients with advanced, refractory cancers.Iron triggers free radicals that "rust"...
Scientists in China have adapted an iron-based method used in industrial wastewater treatment to cancer therapy, achieving an 84.2% success rate in controlling advanced-stage disease.
The South China Morning Post reported that a Chinese experimental therapy, CNSI-Fe, combines ferrous iron and nano-carbon. According to the medium, tumor growth stopped in 16 patients in the trial and decreased in two patients; the reported efficacy figure was 84%. Treatment advanced to phase II with 52 additional patients, although the available information does not detail how this efficacy was defined.
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