An experimental canine treatment for osteosarcoma could work for humans, according to experts at Texas A & M University.
Researchers at A&M's Institute for Preclinical Studies have used drills made by Velco Instruments that are capable of making extremely small holes. Into these holes they have injected radioactive isotopes, delivering them right into canine bone tumors in a treatment estimated to cost about $6,000.
The benefits of the direct isotope delivery is that minimizes damage to other tissues and is localized, unlike chemotherapy, which affects the entire body.
Their hope is that the bone cancer will shrink in the dogs—if not, amputation is an option if the cancer has not metastasized. If successful, the treatment could be a promising approach in osteosarcomain humans, which affects less than 1,000 people a year (most of them children). The disease affects an estimated 10,000 dogs annually.
Source: MySanAntonio.com
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