Oxygen therapy to benefit cancer patients?
Oxygen therapy is being touted as a method to help cancer patients.
Scientists from the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have selected oxygen treatment as a possible technique to improve the lives of those who suffered side-effects from radiotherapy, Wales Online reports.
The investigators will be looking at individuals who have had radiotherapy in the pelvic area.
Around 30 per cent of those who finish a course of the radiation treatment develop long-term bowel problems that can adversely affect their quality of life, the news source noted.
Professor of clinical oncology at the Royal Marsden and the ICR Robert Marsden explained: "It's very difficult for patients who have already coped with cancer and radiotherapy to be left with these side-effects."
It was recently reported oxygen therapy had helped US stroke victim Harbhajan Grewall walk again, as he was able to take to his feet after 30 sessions of daily treatments using the equipment.
Posted by James Worrall
04/06/2010 17:07:59
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