This is a really neat and elegant study. All they're missing is a long-term survival curve.<p>You're probably wondering what the catch is if you haven't spotted it yet.<p>Ethanol ablation is usually used for carcinomas of the liver, although it sometimes sees use in some very rare cancers. So, this falls under the "extremely effective but with limited application" category. That doesn't mean it doesn't have great value, but you also don't want folk to think it's a "lethal injection for <i>all</i> tumours".
The article is available here[0] and is open-access.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09371-2" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09371-2</a>
If this cancer therapy ever makes it into US healthcare I will be amazed. There's too little profit to fund clinical trials and FDA approval.<p>US residents could perhaps travel abroad for the treatment. Maybe it will be offered in Mexico some day.
I can already smell the breath of the alternative (read: fake) medicine version of this as I type. Is the liquortarian diet more effective than the fruitatarian diet? You betcha! Just look at this study!