RE: First neutron therapy procedure on the explanted human liver [FW]

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

>... about the imaging of the metastatic sites is that it may be

inappropirate to claim success using a CT image. The smallest volume you

could image is about 1 mm. However, surviving cancer cells could still exist 

and proliferate.

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Most tumors at their time of diagnosis are much larger than 1 mm across. 

This may be of relevance for a cost/benefit analysis of the technology - 

even for a metastatic situation. Perhaps someone else could illuminate the 

relation between resolution capacity and costs. A tumor with a diameter of 

about 1 mm has the order of 1 million cells.



My personal reflection only,



Bjorn Cedervall    bcradsafers@hotmail.com







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