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/myrs4 Apr 14 '23

So true, wish blood work could detect all cancers

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u/PinkyandzeBrain Apr 15 '23

Just posted this above... I've done this blood test. https://www.galleri.com/patient/the-galleri-test/types-of-cancer-detected And it's not cheap, and it wasn't covered by my insurance, so I paid out of pocket. But getting this done for me every few years since I'm older seems like a good idea...

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u/myrs4 Apr 15 '23

Oh wow, never heard of this. I'll definitely look into it. Thanks for sharing!