Invented a new method of pain relief for cancer

An integral part of oncological diseases is severe pain, which can be quenched by using narcotic analgesics, which can cause powerful side effects. Scientists from Britain have found an alternative way to eliminate pain, which is safer.

In the later stages of cancer, malignant tumors are accompanied by extremely severe pain. For more than 150 years, opioid drugs have been considered the most effective method for getting rid of them.

However, the disadvantage of using such drugs is that a person develops dependence on them, which necessitates an increase in doses. Also on the list of undesirable side effects that such drugs have are bowel dysfunction, respiratory depression, and others.

Specialists at the Cancer Institute (London), concerned about this problem, decided to create an alternative remedy for eliminating the pain that accompanies cancer. The researchers announced that they have begun testing a completely new method of pain relief in cases of malignant bone tumors and cancerous bone metastases in the advanced stages.

The high-precision high-intensity focused ultrasound tumor therapy machine is used by scientists to achieve an analgesic effect. Some localized tumors are already being treated with this technique. For example, it can be used to ablate localized prostate cancer, but in this case, due to the precise focusing of the ultrasonic wave stream, the nerves in the tumor area are resolved, while the surrounding tissues are not affected.

Thus, using this method, it is possible to get rid of pain forever. This effect is achieved due to the fact that the destruction of the fibers prevents the passage of pain impulses through the nerve fibers.

According to the first results obtained by researchers, there is a marked improvement in the quality of life among patients suffering from cancer who have used this procedure.