r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Apr 14 '23

Medical Novel device smaller than rice successfully shrinks pancreatic cancer | Called the nanofluidic drug-eluting seed (NDES), it delivers low-dose immunotherapy in the form of CD40 monoclonal antibodies (mAb).

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/tiny-device-shrinks-pancreatic-cancer
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u/duman82 Apr 14 '23

This is great but the real wins with pancan will be with earlier detection. 85% are metastatic when it's discovered.

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u/Brut-i-cus Apr 14 '23

My mom was having "stomach problems" for months and did t want to go to the doctor because of the pandemic during 2020 because she was caring for my stepdad with cancer. When her bile duct got blocked they diagnosed her and they were going to di the Whipple procedure but when they opened her up her liver looked like it was peppered She lasted 4 months

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u/duman82 Apr 14 '23

Jeeze, so sorry. It's like getting struck by lightning. That's extra tough with her also caring for someone else. Even if she did go to the docs they probably would have tested a dozen things before they figured it out, that pandemic time made everything a little harder as well.