Question

The Setup

You have the technology to build a laser gun that kills tumors. The laser gun has ten power settings (setting 1=10% power, setting 2 = 20%, etc. up to level 10 = 100% which is full power.) The laser gun only slows the tumor growth on settings 1-9. It successfully kills the tumor at 10, but that also blasts through the tumor and kills the patient due to the surrounding tissue damage.

The problem: How can you utilize this technology, as stated to kill the tumor but not kill the patient? As I said, there is at least one correct answer and it requires lateral, outside the box thinking. Post a short version of your best answer on the discussion board. Extra credit for anyone who can figure out how to cure cancer with out damaging additional tissue.

Answer 1

If the gun slow down the cancer growth there is a solution. Give frequent doses of non lethal gun shot in an optional time interval. This will allow down the growth of malignant cells . With the repeated shots the malignant cells which already got exposed and got the damage will become more succeptatble for damage. After a series of non lethal shots the mediant cells will be beyond repairable stage and will perish. Since non lethal shorts are being taken every time the normal tissue will time to correct the damage and survive the exposure.