A recent Science Daily article discussed a new skin cancer treatment that could give patients an alternate option to surgery. A team of researchers at Yale School of Medicine are developing a nanoparticle injection that contains a chemotherapy agent. During the treatment, tumors are injected with polymer-based nanoparticles that are bioadhesive, meaning they bind to tumors long enough to kill a large number of cancer cells.
Yale Researchers Are Creating an Injectable Skin Cancer Treatment
The new treatment could be a potential alternative to surgery and is “a holy grail of dermatology.”
Feb 23, 2021
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