Group develops method of killing cancer cells with antibodies and light

(Medical Xpress) -- Traditionally, there are three major ways to combat cancer in people: surgical removal, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. And while all three have been proven to be effective in treating some types of cancer, all three also have unpleasant side effects. It’s for this reason that researchers continue to try to find other ways to kill cancer cells. Now, in a paper published in Nature Medicine, a team from the National Cancer Institute in the United States, says that it has developed a type of photoimmunotherapy that combines a light-sensitive dye that has a special chemical in it and antibodies to target and kill cancer cells when light is shined on them.

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