Sonodynamic therapy

[[File:Dr_Antonio_%27Tony%27_Jimenez_demonstrates_the_bespoke_light-bed_at_%27Hope4Cancer_Institute%27.jpg#file|thumb|165px|The high-tech SPDT light-bed used at [[Hope4Cancer]] clinics..]]{{Altmed}}
'''Sonodynamic therapy''' is either a) a potential, but yet clinically unproven form of [[chemotherapy]], or b) more likely, if it's being already sold to you, a [[cancer woo|quack cancer treatment]]. Sonodynamic therapy claims to use [[ultrasound]] and [[light]] to enhance the cytotoxic effects of drugs described as "sonosensitizers." ''In vitro'' and animal studies continue as of 2018, but clinical trials are still mostly lacking.<ref>http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2017.6.JNS162398</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128121009000164</ref> Current results are not considered compelling and it is rejected by both mainstream science [[Stopped clock|and some woo-promoters]] alike.<ref>Even the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1136870/The-boy-11-tumours-sent-home-die--survives-grandparents-alternative-therapy-treatments.html doesn't buy it].</ref> Like with [[dichloroacetate]], there is some genuine scientific interest, but this doesn't mean that the therapy is safe or effective, something which can be only shown with actual clinical trials.

The promotion of sonodynamic therapy motivated an unprecedented initiative by health authorities in the [[UK]] to warn patients about bogus [[cancer]] treatments.<ref>Sarah Boseley. "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/30/cancer-patients-clinics-unproven-treatment Cancer patients warned against clinics offering unproven treatments]." ''[[The Guardian]]''. 2012 November 30.</ref>

==A land of confusion==
It's never a good sign when practitioners keep alternating between a wide set of [[Technobabble|science-sounding]] titles for the therapy itself (ranging from the [[Vague|utterly vague]] to the [[Quantum_woo|overly technical]]). Known aliases include:

*'''Sonodynamic therapy'''
*'''Activated therapy'''
*'''Sono Photo Dynamic Therapy''' (SPDT)
*'''Next Generation Photodynamic Therapy''' (NGPDT)
*'''Ultrasound Activated PDT''' (UAPDT)

It should not be confused with the entirely legitimate [[photodynamic therapy]] (PDT). No way were the inventors trying to capitalise on that when they named it, no sir.

==Quackery==
As with all truly ground-breaking discoveries suppressed by the [[cancer industry]], the studies supporting this are in low [[impact factor]] journals, including journals specialising in [[alternative medicine|alternative therapies]].<ref>Study about "[http://ict.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/2/96 The Tumoricidal Effect of Sonodynamic Therapy (SDT) on S-180 Sarcoma in Mice]" in the journal ''Integrative Cancer Therapies'', a journal dedicated to "alternative… and [[traditional medicine]] therapies."</ref>

Promoters of the sonodynamics attempted to push their nonsense on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sono_photo_dynamic_therapy&diff=prev&oldid=213518194 this edit] clearly promoting the [[woo]]-based company "SonneMed," plus a different [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/IsabelleJolie editor] attempting similar things.</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15302020 PubMed] paper on sonodynamic therapy.
*[http://archive.is/Nf4MY#selection-471.0-471.15 Images from this real PDT study] have been [http://archive.is/OafZ2 fraudulently used to promote a form of SPDT] offered by [[Hope4Cancer]] clinics.

==References==
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