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Transdermal introduction of ethyl alcohol in metastases thyroid gland cancer in bone tissue can be used as the additional therapeutic procedure promoting the reduction of tumor size and painful syndrome relieve.
Thyroid gland cancer is rather widespread malignant disease. Usually tumors are removed in the surgical way and then hormonal therapy is carried out.
The forecast of cancer treatment is usually enough favorable; however metastases in bone tissue are not always possible to remove in the surgical way, besides they are frequently resistant to radioactive iodine treatment.
The Japanese researchers from university of Hokkaido, headed by Professor Kunihiro Nakada, have suggested to use in such cases as additional therapy introduction of pure ethanol, which induces cells. Authors consider, that introduction of ethanol in a tumor leads to selective destruction of a tumorous tissue.
Nakada says that to introduce the method in clinical practice it is necessary to optimize, including determining of an optimum dosage of ethanol and amount of injections.