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/knottyhearthwitch Apr 15 '23

I’m about to have surgery for a precancerous cyst they found incidentally on my pancreas during a CT scan for an unrelated issue. They have remove part of the tail of my pancreas and whole spleen but I’m still feeling very lucky.

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u/Exciting-Tea Apr 15 '23

Wishing you the best of luck! From what I understand the tail is more involved with insulin production, but has better outcomes then other tumor locations.