Re: Enhanced immune response??

[Kerembaev@cs.com]

Greetings,

I have a question. I did not understand from the previous postings.
Does the low doses increase T-cell production and improve immune system 
response
when the total T-cell count is low? If so, it is cannot be related to 
anything else beside radiation therapy treatment?
What about not to cancer related health problems.
Isn't true that AIDS patients have low T-cell counts?
But you saying that low doses cannot be used in other than Rad. Therapy cases 
because.........? No data?
I can, not knowing much of molecular biology, see Jim's point that LDR 
reduce/pervent cancer, it was known for a while that cancer cells self repair 
abilities is low as well their reproduction abilities compare to normal 
cells. LDR can prevent and reduce cancer cells reproduction and induce "bad" 
mutations into the already mutant cells.


Emil.
kerembaev@cs.com

In a message dated 1/30/00 7:38:05 Pacific Standard Time, FIELDRW@aol.com 
writes:
<< These 
 terms provide no information in terms of how it may help someone fight 
 cancer.  Increased T cell or IL2 production does not mean you will not get 
 cancer or reduce cancers.  Immune response capable of reducing cancers 
 requires specificity to the tumor.  You do not get that by a general 
increase >>
>>
in the number of T cells or IL2.  Researchers have given patients IL2 with 
little success in reduction of cancer.  Problems arise when you have too few 
T cells.  Extra T cells with no specificity to the tumor do little good.
>>

>>>>
But this issue seems a waste of time. The real issue is that LDR
 prevents/reduces cancer, that enhanced cellular/molecular responses
 are shown. 
 
 Regards, Jim
>>>
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