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  1. Scientific Frontline @[email protected] ·

    Zavaleta said that to achieve a successful #resection, the #surgeon must cut the #cancerous tissue while keeping it encapsulated in an unbroken layer of regular healthy tissue. If that encapsulation is incomplete or broken, it could mean that parts of the #tumor remain inside the patient.
    #Bioengineering #Biomedical #Nanotechnology #Cancer #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2024/04/beng0404240

    #resection #surgeon #cancerous #tumor #bioengineering #biomedical
  2. Alan Kotok @[email protected] ·

    Electric Pulses Induce Lung Cancer Immune Response

    Results of a clinical trial show a lung cancer therapy using highly focused pulses with electrical energy show signs of immune responses that can treat the patients' tumors.

    sciencebusiness.technewslit.co

    #News #Press #Science #Business #Cancer #LungCancer #Therapy #ElectricField #ClinicalTrial #Resection #Surgery #Ablation #MedicalDevice #ImmuneSystem #BCells #TCells

    #news #press #science #business #cancer #lungcancer
  3. Gabriele Pollara @[email protected] ·

    The thymus may well involute during life but it's certainly not functionally redundant!

    In its absence...
    - ⬆️ all cause mortality
    - ⬆️ cancer risk
    - ⬆️ risk of autoimmune disease

    #thymus #immunology #health #resection #thymectomy #mortality #cancer #autoimmunedisease #medicine #MedMastodon
    nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM

    > Health Consequences of Thymus Removal in Adults

    #thymus #immunology #health #resection #thymectomy #mortality