Question: could you tell me the cure for cancer, COPD and arthrietest

Thomas Biggans answered on 11 Jun 2016:

Right now we don’t have an absolute cure for cancer we only have treatments which can get rid of the cancer that we know about it. The problem is that cancer is made up of our own cells so we only know its cancer when it doesn’t behave normally. There is a debate at the moment on what will have the greatest impact on cancer treatment in the future: physics in radiotherapy or biology in gene therapy.

COPD is caused by damage to your lungs which is caused by inflammation which is caused by harmful chemicals from cigarettes or car exhausts. In this case the best cure is to avoid your lungs becoming damaged in the first place i.e. only breath fresh air!

We don’t have a cure for Arthritis but we can stop or reduce the symptoms. The treatment usually involves medication but can sometimes involve surgery. In nuclear medicine we can find out the exact part of the body that has been affected by the Arthritis then we show the surgeon so they know what area they need to work on.