The Nuclear Arms Race Against Cancer


	The Nuclear Arms Race Against Cancer

debbyski

12-26-2007 8:21 AM

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12-26-2007 10:54 AM

cabanaben

To be able to destroy mankind, and not be able to find a cure says one thing, money, easier to sell drugs, lobby, and manipulate elected officials.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/24f915f5-43d3-4bfa-b8bc-0a4892bb7eb0/E2F50ACE-BDEC-4BF7-BCC4-92D864D098A8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/A7754DE6-2711-48EF-B7BB-2FEACC460D31" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><P>There is a new nuclear arms race under way — in <A title="Recent and archival health news about hospitals." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/hospitals/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">hospitals</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><P>Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for exotic physics research, into the latest weapons against <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Cancer." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">cancer</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><P>Some experts say the push reflects the best and worst of the nation’s market-based health care system, which tends to pursue the latest, most expensive treatments — without much evidence of improved health — even as soaring costs add to the nation’s economic burden.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><P>The machines accelerate protons to nearly the speed of light and shoot them into <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Tumor." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/tumor/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">tumors</A>. Scientists say proton beams are more precise than the X-rays now typically used for <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Radiation therapy." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/radiation-therapy/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">radiation therapy</A>, meaning fewer side effects from stray radiation and, possibly, a higher cure rate. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin"><P>“I’m fascinated and horrified by the way it’s developing,” said Dr. Anthony L. 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