Comment by sowbug
2 days ago
The success of surgery to remove solid tumors usually hinges on whether there are "clean margins," meaning they were able to remove all the bad tissue and a little good surrounding tissue just to be sure. It's likely that the same principle applies using this new procedure: if you blast the whole thing and trust the body to clean up the mess, hopefully there won't be anything left to worry about.
> trust the body to clean up the mess
This is what I'd like to understand better, rather than operate on trust. A couple of other commenters have shared good context.