Hi There
Has anyone had treatment with the nano knife? I would be interested to hear. I know it’s a new treatment and believe there are trials currently being undertaken. I understand its useful for secondary liver tumours. My Onc has suggested if my current treatment fails (capecitabine), then there is a possibility of having this treatment.
Are there any of you out there taking Capecitabine (Xeloda)and what experiences have you had.
This is my 16th cycle and I have no side effects whatever…Am I one of the lucky ones?
Jane
Hi I’m on xeloda I’ve had 5 cycles so far with no se I’ve got lung mets never heard of nano knife do u think they can use it on lungs as well it will be very intreasting to hear what they say laura
Not heard of nano knife (that’s why I read the post! ) but could be Cyberknife?
I have liver mets, probably not suitable for these treatments but I’m currently doing well on capecitabine, just started cycle 18 (4-week cycles). Someone who has no side effects at all on Xeloda is unusual, I think - isn’t it odd how differently our bodies react to chemotherapy and other drugs.
My father has been diagnosed with supposedly inoperable pancreatic cancer so my apologies for writing here.
I heard about the nano knife procedure today and am researching it now for my fathers condition.
Have you managed to find any information relating to trials or actual papers published with results?
Should there be anything please let me know.
I will of course return the favour and post here any info I find.
No, Nanoknife is not the same as Cyberknife. Nanoknife is an ablation technique which works by heat. A needle is inserted into a tumour and then heated to burn the tumour. Cyberknife is very high dose radiotherapy, which works by disrupting the DNA of a cancer cell, so that when it attempts to reproduce it can’t.
My sister has pancreatic cancer and in my research to try and help find a treatment I came across Nanoknife last October. This treatment is finding grass roots support among oncologists and intervention radiologists in the US and Australia although no clinical trials have yet reported.
The only practioner I am aware of in the UK is at Imperial College. I found him very helpful and he responded to my emails quickly. Unfortunately my sister has in excess of 20 metastases in her liver and so is unsuitable for Nanoknife. From my research it works best on small tumours (<3cm), leaves no scar tissue for cancer cells to hide in on the CT/PET scans, has a remarkably high success rate for otherwise untreatable tumours but is contra-indicated if you have any heart problems. Also occassionally they can fry something important accidentally. Lately saw this:
dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2124221/3-000-volt-jab-shrunk-inoperable-cancer-half.html
Hope this helps and I wish you all well.
The Nano knife works by the insertion of two fine probes into the tumour under general anaesthetic and blasting it with approx 3000volts of electricity. It can be used on multiple tumours and the procedure can be performed as many times necessary. This is not the same as the cyber knife.
There have been recent clinical trials performed in two London hospitals with excellent results. There was a report on a lady who had undergone this treatment for liver tumours in the daily mail online with excellent results. I think the cost of treatment is around £10,000 per patient.
Perhaps we should pester our oncologists for this treatment for liver secondaries!