Sonodynamic therapy

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Sonodynamic therapy (aka Sono Photo Dynamic Therapy (SPDT), Next Generation Photodynamic Therapy (NGPDT), activated therapy, ultrasound activated PDT, and other terms, with no clear distinction in usage) is a quack cancer treatment which claims to use ultrasound and light to enhance the cytotoxic effects of drugs described as "sonosensitizers." It has been tested in vitro and in animals, but the results are not considered compelling and it is rejected by both mainstream science and woo promoters alike.[1]

The promotion of sonodynamic therapy motivated an unprecedented initiative by health authorities in the UK to warn patients about bogus cancer treatments.[2]

It should not be confused with the entirely legitimate photodynamic therapy[wp] (PDT). No way were the inventors trying to capitalise on that when they named it, no sir.

As with all truly ground-breaking discoveries suppressed by the cancer industry, the studies supporting this are in low impact factor journals, including journals specialising in alternative therapies.[3]

Promoters of the sonodynamics attempted to push their nonsense on Wikipedia.[4] Fortunately, the current revision on the subject is appropriately brief and critical.[5]

[edit] External links

  • PubMed paper on sonodynamic therapy.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Even the Daily Mail doesn't buy it.
  2. Sarah Boseley. "Cancer patients warned against clinics offering unproven treatments." The Guardian. 2012 November 30.
  3. Study about "The Tumoricidal Effect of Sonodynamic Therapy (SDT) on S-180 Sarcoma in Mice" in the journal Integrative Cancer Therapies, a journal dedicated to "alternative... and traditional medicine therapies."
  4. See this edit clearly promoting the woo-based company "SonneMed," plus a different editor attempting similar things.
  5. Rewrite courtesy of our own JzG.
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