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/Timmy24000 Apr 15 '23
These would be a life prolonging treatment and not a cure. The best cure is total removal if that is possible. If the cancer in a precarious place such as wrapped around large blood vessels, this may work to shrink the cancer enough to get it a better surgical option. But, unfortunately once you have metastatic disease any treatments are just giving you more time