R1ckMartel t1_it7rs6o wrote
Reply to comment by illPMyoumycatanddog in Engineers at Duke University have developed a novel delivery system for cancer treatment involving a radioactive implant demonstrating its potential against one of the disease’s most troublesome forms: pancreatic cancer. by chrisdh79
Yeah, there is nothing novel about this.
Silpion t1_it84ql5 wrote
Injecting the source as a liquid solution that hardens inside the body isn't novel?
R1ckMartel t1_it85txq wrote
There are numerous targeted molecular therapies with radiopharmaceuticals that would achieve precise localization to the tumor when attached to a ligand and chelating molecule. Hardening is irrelevant.
Lutathera is a prime example.
Why they choose I-131 is bizarre to me. It has a more mixed emission spectrum (a 364 kEV gamma) that would irradiate more of the surrounding, healthy tissue than other agents like Lutetium-177 that are almost pure beta-emitters.
dern_the_hermit t1_it94p5n wrote
> Hardening is irrelevant.
"If you ignore the thing that's novel, why, there's nothing novel about this!"
R1ckMartel t1_it9ke3w wrote
They're called polaxamers and are not novel:
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