Story Created:
Nov 1, 2007 at 4:09 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Dec 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM EDT
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA - John Kanzius is not a doctor, but he's becoming famous for a revolutionary idea that could be the key to treating cancer.
Kanzius, who lives in Sanibel part of the year, is a leukemia sufferer and former radio and television station owner.
He came up with an idea to treat cancer cell using radio waves and now his work has been tested by a research team at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
The pretrial results show that cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue.
Kanzius said he is working with Lee Memorial Health system to hold clinical trials when the treatment gets to that stage.
The MD Anderson study though said clinical trials may not happen for another three or four years.
Nonetheless, Lee Memorial officials said they are excited about the possible opportunity.
Kanzius will be getting some national media attention in the coming weeks. He has been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and is expecting an interview with ABC's Good Morning America.
