What if doctors could get feedback from a tumor to more effectively treat cancer patients? This is the goal for researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University in London.
They are making a sensory device about the size of an eyelash to be implanted into a tumor. The idea is to focus treatment there and give patients a more targeted, more effective treatment course.
The sensors in the device would allow doctors to also monitor how well the tumor is responding to treatment. This would allow very personalized care and the ability to know if a change in treatment course would be necessary.
This is a 5 year project called the Implantable Microsystems for Personalized Anti-Cancer Therapy (IMPACT), which will cost 5.2 million BPS funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/03/15/tiny-implants-signal-new-way-to-treat-cancer-tumours/.
They are making a sensory device about the size of an eyelash to be implanted into a tumor. The idea is to focus treatment there and give patients a more targeted, more effective treatment course.
The sensors in the device would allow doctors to also monitor how well the tumor is responding to treatment. This would allow very personalized care and the ability to know if a change in treatment course would be necessary.
This is a 5 year project called the Implantable Microsystems for Personalized Anti-Cancer Therapy (IMPACT), which will cost 5.2 million BPS funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/03/15/tiny-implants-signal-new-way-to-treat-cancer-tumours/.
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