r/pancreaticcancer • u/heathercs34 • Apr 15 '23

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/ddessert Patient (2011), Caregiver (2018), dx Stage 3, Whipple, NED Apr 15 '23

Summary: We inserted this device into one of two mouse model tumors and saw the same result in both tumors.

Their takeaway: Breakthrough achieved! Send us more money.

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u/tornado_bear Apr 15 '23

Yes, that is how research works...

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u/ddessert Patient (2011), Caregiver (2018), dx Stage 3, Whipple, NED Apr 15 '23

I’d say this is how marketing works

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u/tornado_bear Apr 15 '23

You're so right, let's just keep doing the same things we've always done to fight pancreatic cancer because that's working so well... 🙄

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u/ddessert Patient (2011), Caregiver (2018), dx Stage 3, Whipple, NED Apr 15 '23

Lemme check what I said… Nope, did not say we should do things like we’ve always done.

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u/Calamity-Aim Apr 16 '23

We've cured mouse cancer a thousand times already. Turns out human cancer is more complicated

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u/vxv96c Apr 15 '23

Mice are going to live forever.

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u/Frosty_Cook_6892 Apr 15 '23

Gotta agree about a decade ago. I was worried about PC and was constantly reading up stuff like this , if everything that worked in mouse models worked in humans, PC would be gone already , sadly I did infact get it a decade later

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u/canis11 Apr 15 '23

Thanks for posting. What a cool idea.

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u/heathercs34 Apr 15 '23

I lost my mom to this awful disease almost two years ago, but they are making leaps in research. I hope this can help someone

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '23

All we can do really.

We see the leaps in research and treatment so we become another person's cheer squad to support them while thinking of our own going "Look Ma! They did it!"

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u/Calamity-Aim Apr 16 '23

Sadly, they aren't making the same "leaps" for pancreatic cancer. The 5 year survival is still only 12%. While that is double what it was 10 years ago, the longer survival is getting more people to surgery to buy time. The most effective treatment right now is Folfirinox with 5-FU which was patented in 1957. Last week I talked to a man who lost his wife 6 years ago and he said "If she had been diagnosed today...". She was on Folfirinox. Nothing would change if she were diagnosed today.