Differential intermittent radiation therapy: a conceptual model.
Cell membranes are made up of repeating units and subunits of various chemical moieties. It is proposed that these repeating units give each type of cell membrane a natural resonant frequency characteristic of that particular cell. It is further stipulated that this natural resonance is modified by attached antigens, and that this modification is unique to each different tumor type and patient. A signal that is of the same frequency as the natural resonance of the cell membrane may then be used to excite the cell membrane to its natural or modified resonant frequency and lyse it, as well as any metastases with the same characteristic. This resonant frequency must first be determined by growing tumor cells in culture, and is likely to be unique to each patient. Possible other uses of an excitatory signal may be to break apart chemical moieties. The only requirement is that this excitatory signal be matched to the resonant frequency of the cell wall or moiety to be lysed. The excitatory signal may come from various sources-sonic, electrical, x-ray, radio frequency, laser or nuclear. But the problem which must be solved is devising a method for determining the resonant frequencies of cell membranes.
D000941:Antigens; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*
D000941:Antigens