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.
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Personalized Magnetic Tentacles for Targeted Photothermal Cancer Therapy in Peripheral Lungs
Submitted by: Jason Trevis
Source: Communications Engineering
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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
