DPRK develops new liver cancer injection*
2011-03-04
PYONGYANG, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) recently developed an efficacious liver cancer injection, the official news agency KCNA reported on Friday.
According to the KCNA, the Injectio Gallium-66 Microspheres which was developed by the DPRK Academy of Medical Science is applicable to liver cancer smaller than 5 centimeters. The highly effective medicine is guided by ultrasonic waves only to cancer tissues.
The researchers succeeded in getting gallium substance with materials available in the country and manufacturing medicament needed for the injection. A cycle of its administration is 20 days and the maximum cycles are five, said the report.
It is reported that the clinical application of the injection to some 50 patients since 2002 shows that its efficacy is as high as 90 percent.
* Url:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2011-03/04/c_13761519.htm
