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Personalized Magnetic Tentacles for Targeted Photothermal Cancer Therapy in Peripheral Lungs

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Submitted by

Jason Trevis

Source

Source Name: Communications Engineering

Source URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-023-00098-9

Author(s)

Giovanni Pittiglio, James H. Chandler, Tomas da Veiga, Zaneta Koszowska, Michael Brockdorff, Peter Lloyd, Katie L. Barry, Russell A. Harris, James McLaughlan, Cecilia Pompili, Pietro Valdastri

Lung cancer has the highest worldwide cancer mortality rate. Early non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 84 percent of cases, with curative surgical intervention being the standard treatment. The authors of this paper explore the use of a patient-specific magnetic catheter at the end of a bronchoscope in order to deliver laser treatment to peripheral lung tumors.Lung cancer has the highest worldwide cancer mortality rate. Early non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 84 percent of cases, with curative surgical intervention being the standard treatment. The authors of this paper explore the use of a patient-specific magnetic catheter at the end of a bronchoscope in order to deliver laser treatment to peripheral lung tumors.