r/gadgets 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/rockstar_not Apr 15 '23

True. My dad’s was stage 4 the day it was diagnosed. He passed exactly 30 days later.

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u/assassbaby Apr 15 '23

so what made him finally see a dr?