Now there is a new weapon in the arsenal against cancer, and that is the use of nano particles. These are designed to target much smaller areas than standard therapies like chemo or radiation, and that means that they can be used with better success and fewer problems for surrounding tissue.

Right now, the chemotherapy chemicals and the radiation that are used are both very dangerous for the tumor and for the tissue that is still healthy and that surrounds the tumor. To protect the surrounding tissue, the nano particles can be used because they only work on the tumor and they aren’t large enough to bother any of the tissue that is around it.

They may not be a cure, but they will go a long way toward ensuring that the treatments that are designed to kill off the cancer cells won’t kill healthy tissue in the patient’s body as well.