OP  Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I have been doing a lot of international travel this summer and have tons of flying time to read anything left behind and yesterday I read an article in some tec mag about this cancer doc that is testing (finally in clinical trials) his Tumor Paint. He found that a molecule in scorpion venom will attach to only cancer cells (and not normal cells)and he then attached a light emitting substance, i.e. the "paint" to it and during surgery they shine a special light to the area and the cancer cells glow to show the docs where to cut. His experiments with rats showed this paint worked on as few as a group of just 200 cancer cells. Google Tumor Paint if your interested. I'm sure some of you already know about this.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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