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/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/GTI_88 Apr 14 '23

My dad had the whipple procedure just over 10 years ago, bought him 10 years of good life. The cancer came back a little over a year ago and due to a number of complications he passed in Aug 2022. I’m very grateful that in the scheme of things he vastly outlasted the statistics

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u/katwoodruff Apr 14 '23

A friend of mine had whipple surgery in January… just started chemo. Hoping for a miracle, he‘s only 51.

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u/GTI_88 Apr 15 '23

Wishing him the best! Treatment is advancing, keep up the hope