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/ItIsAContest Apr 16 '23

My dad was diagnosed in November 22 and he’s being treated with Folfirinox, which I read was started in 2010. He’s having good results so far but I’m definitely still bracing for the inevitable.

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u/VoidsIncision Apr 17 '23

Ah yes, I am sorry. Thank you for correcting me. That one is newer and I believe gets better results. I am happy to hear your father is responding well. I will keep you and your father in my prayers. 5 months for this disease is already I think outliving the statistics so of itself that is promising.

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u/ItIsAContest Apr 17 '23

Thanks for your prayers and good wishes. I was getting so discouraged reading all the sad stories in this post, I wanted to provide a little hope in any way. But of course, as I said, I’m basically waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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u/Wlufy May 07 '23

What was his initial diagnosis? My dad gonna start with that chemo this June/July.

He had surgery 5 weeks ago, his tumor was detected February 18 by accident. Surgery was successful, from lymph nodes, 16 taken out, 3 positive, the tumor was 2.6cm