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Biotech / Medical : BSD Medical (Long Term Investment Oriented) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pleonastic who wrote (44)	12/5/2012 10:32:37 AM
From: nothingoutofbounds	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 178

This is not my field either, but I have a little bit of experience and have done my fair share of DD and wanted to comment regarding the use of the 180. After I was diagnosed with bone cancer, I spent a long time going thru tests prior to be operated on. The diagnosis process (for me at least), began with an x-ray as I thought I had broken my forearm and it did not heal on its own... I was not expecting anything more than the Doc to tell me I was an idiot and they would have to put me in a cast. They knew right away, still went on to other tests to confirm... none of which consisted of a biopsy. Reason being, by opening the tumor it would be more likely to metastasize. Unfortunately, they were seeing “hotspots” in other areas of my body and this prolonged my pre-treatment. They continued to monitor the tumor and the hotspots as they were not really sure how to best treat me. Finally, I had the surgery on my arm... The “hotspots” were later determined to be previous injuries that were causing increased activity in my body due to sports injuries. The greatest benefit and the point of my story is that if the 180 had been available, I could have been treated almost immediately. They could have treated my arm while monitoring the other “hotspots” and if those had been deemed to be cancerous, they could have also been treated with the 180. No removal of bone, next to no scarring, no bone graphs and no risk of side effects... Believe me, if I had a choice I would have been treated with the 180!!! Not too mention the vast array of cancers that the machines can effectively treat. The potential is just unbelievable. Correct me if I am wrong Pleonastic, but the 180 (500 and 2000 as well) does not increase the likelihood or rate of metastasizing. Immediate treatment with no or very small amount of risking further harm is huge. The clock is already ticking when you get a diagnosis, you could not imagine the frustration of waiting and monitoring instead of taking action.