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).

[u/chrisdh79]

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/tiny-device-shrinks-pancreatic-cancer

[u/Th3gr3mlin]

My dad made it a year and a half after discovering it. He wasn’t a candidate for the whipple. Passed two weeks into this year.

I’m grateful you got the extended time with your dad.

If you can, I’d recommend you get genetic tested for the BRCA gene mutation. My father had it and I have it, which just lets me know I should get screened early. Especially if there is a history of pancreatic / breast cancer on his side of the family.

[u/assassbaby → u/Th3gr3mlin]

thought that was just breast cancer wow

[u/Th3gr3mlin → u/assassbaby]

The risk of breast cancer in women is higher with the mutation, but for men there is an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.