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1rarebird · 01-04-2011, 08:26 PM

This is amazing technology. Makes me wonder what the "antibodies" are that can attack and attach to the circulating cancer cells. Perhaps there will be away that the this capability of the antibodies can be utilized in machinery like dialysis equipment to filter a patient's blood and remove all the circulating cells and thereby prevent the cells from attaching somewhere in the body and starting new tumors. Maybe the antibodies themselves can be used as chemotherapy vehicles to attack and kill tumors. Seems liker there are many possibilities for this technology.

bird

01-04-2011, 08:26 PM	#3
1rarebird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: TN Posts: 175	Re: J&J(Veridex) 2develop 2nd generation CTC detecting/characterizing equipment!!! This is amazing technology. Makes me wonder what the "antibodies" are that can attack and attach to the circulating cancer cells. Perhaps there will be away that the this capability of the antibodies can be utilized in machinery like dialysis equipment to filter a patient's blood and remove all the circulating cells and thereby prevent the cells from attaching somewhere in the body and starting new tumors. Maybe the antibodies themselves can be used as chemotherapy vehicles to attack and kill tumors. Seems liker there are many possibilities for this technology. bird __________________ Male Breast Cancer, DX 5/15/09, IDC, STAGE 1, 1.7 cm, HER2+++, ER+(95%)/PR+(75%), Ki67 40%, grade 3, 0/5 nodes, TX: mastectomy, TCH finished 7/19/10, radiation 6 wks., Tamoxifen on going, bisphosphonate 24 mos.