New procedure shows promise for treating brain tumors
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
In a study on rats, researchers used magnets, ultrasound and tiny particles to deliver chemotherapy drugs to precise locations. Clinical trials on humans are at least four to five years away. Patients with brain tumors don't have many good options -- surgery and radiation can damage crucial parts of the brain, and chemotherapy drugs don't easily cross the blood-brain barrier. A new procedure...