LED bandage to treat skin cancer

May 15 – A UK company is developing a LED bandage to treat skin cancer in combination with light-sensitive drugs.

Julie Gordon reports.


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LED bandage to treat skin cancer

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  1. What does the high tech bandage do?
  2. What is Polymetrics doing?
  3. How do the drugs get on to the bandage?
  4. What produces the red light?
  5. What might the system do?
  6. How does this therapy work currently?
  7. How does this change the way the therapy is administered?
  8. What happens after the drug-cream is applied?
  9. For what is the treatment most commonly used?
  10. What does this new method of treatment save?
  11. When can it be administered?
  12. What will be finished in 18 months?