Mossbauer cancer therapy

A method for the treatment of disease by externally and selectively inducing damage of target tissue, comprising the steps of:

• administering a selected absorber isotope to said target tissue;
• emitting a source of radiation at a selected frequency;
• and
• absorbing said radiation at a site of said target tissue causing all damage at said site according to a corresponding Mossbauer frequency and said selected absorber isotope.

A system for therapeutic radiation of target tissue comprising:

• a tunable source providing a selected frequency radiation in response to a magnetic field;
• means for applying a magnetic field on said target tissue and said tunable source;
• and
• a Mossbauer absorber located at a site of said target tissue receiving said selected frequency radiate causing cell damage at said site, wherein said Mossbauer absorber includes at least one pharmaceutical of the following list:
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Apparatus for therapeutic administration of radiation for selective necrosis of target tissue, comprising

• a source of radiation selectively providing at least one frequency of radiation emission;
• means for tuning the frequency of said source radiation;
• filter means for selective transmittance of said radiation emission of said source of radiation providing filtered radiation emission proximally disposed to said target tissue;
• and
• means for selective absorption of said filtered radiation emission;
• means for providing a magnetic field on said target tissue to produce a shifted Mossbauer absorption frequency of said means for selective absorption;
• and
• means for applying said filtered radiation emission to said means for selective absorption, wherein
• said source is adjusted to provide sufficient filtered radiation at the frequency corresponding to the shifted Mossbauer frequency of said means for selective absorption at the target tissue to provide necrosis.

Apparatus for therapeutic administration of radiation for selective necrosis of target tissue, comprising

• a source of radiation selectively providing at least one frequency of radiation emission;
• filter means for selective transmittance of said radiation emission providing a filtered radiation emission;
• means for selective absorption of said filtered radiation emission proximally disposed to said target tissue;
• means for providing a magnetic field at said target tissue to produce a shifted Mossbauer absorption frequency of said means for selective absorption;
• and
• means for applying said filtered radiation emission to said target tissue, wherein
• said magnetic field is adjusted to provide a shifted Mossbauer frequency of the means for selective absorption which coincides with the frequency of the filtered radiation emission to provide necrosis.

Apparatus for selective therapy comprising:

• means for absorbing Mossbauer excitation emission having a nuclei located at a target tissue;
• means for polarizing the nuclei of the means for absorbing;
• and
• means for producing an excitation emission corresponding to a Mossbauer absorption energy level of said means for absorbing Mossbauer excitation emission at the selected polarization causing cell damage at said target tissue.