Traditionally, to reduce and potentially eliminate tumors, patients are given a chemotherapy drug and a schedule that targets all cancer cells. (medicalxpress.com)
This disparity between tumor cells poses major challenges in understanding the nature of the tumor, its sensitivity to drugs, and planning an effective treatment that will eliminate all tumor cells. (sciencedaily.com)
The new approach, which was first reported to eliminate tumors in mice in Science Translational Medicine in 2009, the year the Wyss Institute was launched, instead uses a small disk - like sponge about the size of a fingernail that is made from FDA - approved polymers. (sciencedaily.com)