The Hindu : reported that Hope for young cancer patients

But a unique "Donate a Life" fund has brought smiles back on their faces, enabling them to lead a normal life. Since August 2014, when the fund was established, 38 children have been declared cancer free and 14 are under treatment. For the doctors, it was painful to see young children being deprived of treatment even for curable cancers for want of money. The fund is the brainchild of doctors at the Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, which was grappling with a large number of patients who were unable to bear the cost of expensive treatment. "Donate a life"The dedicated "Donate a Life" fund, with the current corpus of ₹2.13 crore, is maintained with contributions from philanthropists, trusts, donors and some private companies.

Put patients in hibernation to destroy cancer

'But if you could put the patient into synthetic torpor you could stop the cancer growing. Doctors could cure cancer by placing people in a form of hibernation, according to a leading scientist. By dropping body temperature from the normal 37C (99F) to around 13-15C (55-59F) it is hoped the body's functions would slow to a virtual standstill. Around 50 per cent of cancer patients have an advanced form of the disease. 'Then we would lower body temperature to 13 to 15C (57F).

Doctors hope cancer could be CURED in just ten years by putting patients into 'hibernation' for a week

doctors hope a period of hibernation could help terminal cancer patientsAs a result, medics can use much higher levels of radiation without harming patients. hibernation could help stop harmful effects of radiotherapyCancer Research UK said: "The effects of hibernation are hard to predict. Prof Durante told the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston: "You wake up the patients and they are cured. Around 160,000 cancer victims die in the UK each year, the vast majority after the disease spreads. They found it stops tumours getting bigger and protects the body against toxic effects of the radiotherapy used to zap them.



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