To kill cancer cells using the Kanzius system, cancer cells are tagged with tiny metal pieces known as nanoparticles. When the RF (radio frequency) transceiver apparatus exposes the nanoparticles to the radio frequency signal they heat up, destroying the cancer cells, but don’t damage healthy cells nearby.

As of 2007-04-23, preliminary research using the Kanzius RF device at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (by M.D. Steven A. Curley, Professor in Surgical Oncology) and The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (by Dr. David A. Geller, co-director of the Liver Cancer Center) has shown promising results. If federal approval is granted, testing on human patients would be the next step.

In contrast with currently used radiofrequency ablation where an RF probe (needle) is inserted into or next to a tumor mass, Kanzius’ method is noninvasive.

Dr Steven A. Curley, who pioneered the clinical studies that led to FDA approval of radiofrequency ablation to treat unresectable primary and metastatic hepatobiliary malignancies, referred to the method as “one of the most exciting developments in years.”

Burning Salt Water

Later in 2007, Kanzius announced that the same radio frequency transceiver can also be used to burn salt water. He states that the discovery was made accidentally while he was researching the use of radio waves for the treatment of cancer. Kanzius admits that this stage of development of his method, the process could not be considered an energy source, as more energy is used to produce the RF signal than can be obtained from the burning gas, and stated in July, 2007 that he never claimed his discovery would replace oil, asserting only that his discovery was "thought provoking." In September, 2007, he expressed his belief that, "this [could] be an alternative fuel for a world that’s using way to[o] much fossil fuels." The details of the process are still unreleased while Kanzius applies for a patent. Kanzius has proposed that the flame is produced by radio waves forcing together the normally separated hydrogen and oxygen in the water, a process he calls "reunification."

Kanzius’ experiment has been confirmed by Rustum Roy, a materials scientist at Pennsylvania State University, in a demonstration before senior faculties and research personnels from various departments at the Materials Research Lab, using Kanzius’ RF tranceiver, which Kanzius had brought to the lab for the day. On his website, Roy writes: "It is clear that Mr. Kanzius has demonstrated the ability to dissociate aqueous solutions of sodium chloride at normal sea water concentrations into hydrogen and oxygen." According to Roy, "The salt water isn’t burning per se, despite appearances. The radio frequencies act to weaken the bonds between the elements that make up salt water, releasing the hydrogen. Once ignited, the hydrogen will burn as long as it is exposed to the frequencies." Burning hydrogen creates water, completing the cycle. This process has no hope of releasing net energy.

Philip Ball, a consulting editor at Nature and author of "H2O: A Biography of Water" debunked the concept of water being burned as a fuel. Although he said that Kanzius’ discovery itself needs to be verified through careful experiments, he categorically stated that "water is not a fuel" and "water does not burn". Ball also said that according to the Laws of thermodynamics, it was impossible to extract energy by producing hydrogen from water and then burning it, as this would be a basis for a perpetual motion machine. He was critical of lack of inquiry in the media reports about bogus science. Ball writes "Here, however (for what it is worth) is the definitive verdict of thermodynamics: water is not a fuel."

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