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by cogman10 8 days ago
For chemo it's often "these chemicals kills cancer cells faster than they kill regular cells".
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Which is why we got ecchemo.. where the cancer affected pathways get seperated from the regular ciculatory system via shunt and then get fed the chemo seperately and get a little wash before reconnection to the full circulation. It would be even more ideal if you had the whole navel setup in two entirely seperated systems.. sorry, a man can dream..
if you can separate a tumour's circulation why not just leave it permanently disconnected?
Most likely you can’t isolate the tumor but can do organ-level shunts like e.g. the whole kidney. You don’t want to throw away the healthy bits.