Patent ID: 8642007

Claim:
A medical treatment method for a tumor in a human body comprising the steps of: determining a condition of a liver cancer tumor in the human body; synthesizing a compound containing a linear, double-stranded DNA coding sequence of at least 20 base pairs (bp) labeled with P-32, the DNA fragment that selectively penetrates and is selectively uptaken by cancerous cells within the tumor and binding with genomic DNA within the cancerous cells; administering the compound so as to be delivered to the cancerous cells in a predetermined dosage, the dosage being sufficient to cause death of at least some of the cancerous cells through radiation provided by the P-32; monitoring the delivered dosage and repeating the step of administering as required; and re-determining the condition of the tumor after at least one step of administering to provide a prognosis, wherein the DNA comprises an AFP gene.