Re: brachytherapy - vs. restenosis scar tissue formation in arteries

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 01/28/2002 2:26:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, maury@webtexas.com writes:



> The radiation
>
> prevents the formation of excessive scar tissue. I do not know how this
>
> ties into the exchange between jenday1 and Howard.


Thanks that's what I thought, and it ties into John's and Howard's comments as follows:


Howard said:  


"Prescribing radiation UNDER THRESHHOLD

DOSE should soon be boosting immunity to infections (as in AIDS), speeding wound

healing, and stimulating resistance to cancer. Now, it minimizes restenosis

in coronary stents.  "


To which John replied:  "...your

comment about radiation to prevent restenosis makes me wonder how much you

know about the subject of radiation in medicine."


So, I thought that seemed to imply that John didn't think that radiation reduced restenosis, and I thought it did, and you and others confirmed it does.  I just wanted to clear the exchange up in my own mind.


Barbara