have discovered, doing medical research is a bit like climbing a mountain. Youstart off all full of vigor and then as the waygets steeper, the climber gets wearier—butthe goal, reaching the peak, is still in sight. Similarly, people trying to find treatments for cancer often start with a great idea but then find themselves slogging through difticult experiments, needing funds and equipment and so on while still trying to reach their goal of improving andsaving lives. An Intriguing Line of Research For example, a cancer patient, John Kanzius, came up with an ingenious theory: Tiny pieces of metal can be sent to cancercells and then hit by a radiowave at a low, controlled frequency. The radiowave will heat the metal, destroying only the cancer while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed. Kanzius and Dr. Steven A. Curley, now thelead researcherof the Kanzius Noninvasive Radiowave Cancer Treatment, worked on controlling radiowaves with a special device that they learned could heat metal and kill cancer—in petri dishes. How It Works After multiple studies that Ss y KANZIUS CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION @ Researchers say cancercells can be destroyed by zapping them with radiowaves that won’t harm healthy tissue. helped differentiate the unique proteins of a cancercell from thoseof neighboringhealthy ones, researchers could find and destroy the cancer without sideeffects. The Next Steps Now, the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation is trying to continuethe research tosee if this treatment can workin people. Generous donations meantit was able to begin clinical testing using three new, large radiowave devices (GenV), capable of performing humantreatments. After further experiments, data collection and analysis, it's hoped the FDAwill give the Foundation the go-ahead for humantrials—taking it a long way up that mountain to save lives. Learn More For further facts, including how you can help the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation,visit www.kanzius.org/timeline or call (814) 480-5776.
